Food sales by outlet type, September 2021
Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type, for September 2021 (period 2021-09).
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 September 2021 (period 2021-09). 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 September 2021
| Series | Value |
|---|---|
| Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $32,358.30 |
| Food sales at limited-service restaurant (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $39,799.61 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $27,754.67 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $34,178.49 |
| Food-at-home sales at grocery stores (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $44,483.06 |
| Food sales at grocery stores (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $53,069.55 |
| Food-at-home sales at warehouse clubs and supercenters (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $18,465.57 |
| Food sales at warehouse club and supercenter (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $22,044.54 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $78,402.29 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $96,504.81 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $74,808.38 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $89,278.09 |
| Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $153,210.67 |
| Total food sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $185,782.91 |
Nominal dollars are as published in the source file; the constant-dollar column is the source's own 2025=100 series.