Food sales by outlet type, October 2021
Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type, for October 2021 (period 2021-10).
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 October 2021 (period 2021-10). 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 October 2021
| Series | Value |
|---|---|
| Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $33,671.34 |
| Food sales at limited-service restaurant (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $41,071.76 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $29,393.70 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $35,897.22 |
| Food-at-home sales at grocery stores (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $46,251.86 |
| Food sales at grocery stores (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $54,601.35 |
| Food-at-home sales at warehouse clubs and supercenters (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $20,366.11 |
| Food sales at warehouse club and supercenter (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $24,058.55 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $81,953.58 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $100,040.98 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $79,198.07 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $93,526.03 |
| Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $161,151.66 |
| Total food sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $193,567.02 |
Nominal dollars are as published in the source file; the constant-dollar column is the source's own 2025=100 series.