Food sales by outlet type, March 2021
Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type, for March 2021 (period 2021-03).
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service - Food Expenditure Series, Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type (monthly, January 1997 to December 2025; fetched 2026-10-30) (file ers_fes_monthly_outlet.csv), fetched 2026-10-30. Period covered: the single month March 2021 (period 2021-03). Values are shown as published, with thousands separators; the heading beside each figure is the source's own column heading. Full source list and licence: About.
Figures for March 2021
| Series | Value |
|---|---|
| Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $32,515.76 |
| Food sales at limited-service restaurant (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $41,335.56 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $24,271.09 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $30,891.79 |
| Food-at-home sales at grocery stores (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $43,075.01 |
| Food sales at grocery stores (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $53,310.30 |
| Food-at-home sales at warehouse clubs and supercenters (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $20,303.47 |
| Food sales at warehouse club and supercenter (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $25,144.53 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $71,434.95 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $90,879.90 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $75,207.91 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $93,109.30 |
| Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $146,642.86 |
| Total food sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $183,989.20 |
Nominal dollars are as published in the source file; the constant-dollar column is the source's own 2025=100 series.