Monthly food sales by outlet type, 2021
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 2021: limited-service restaurants, full-service restaurants, food away from home and total food sales, one row per month.
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. Rows listed: the 12 rows whose Year is 2021. 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.
| Month | Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | $33,591.13 | $29,625.20 | $82,112.67 | $170,298.25 |
| November 2021 | $32,089.96 | $27,144.92 | $77,529.55 | $158,710.53 |
| October 2021 | $33,671.34 | $29,393.70 | $81,953.58 | $161,151.66 |
| September 2021 | $32,358.30 | $27,754.67 | $78,402.29 | $153,210.67 |
| August 2021 | $34,211.00 | $29,232.09 | $81,780.92 | $159,198.34 |
| July 2021 | $35,358.66 | $30,770.54 | $83,928.42 | $161,184.36 |
| June 2021 | $33,860.46 | $28,974.29 | $79,885.03 | $155,385.36 |
| May 2021 | $33,960.47 | $28,866.56 | $79,372.91 | $156,206.41 |
| April 2021 | $32,915.80 | $25,549.45 | $73,675.29 | $146,744.17 |
| March 2021 | $32,515.76 | $24,271.09 | $71,434.95 | $146,642.86 |
| February 2021 | $25,709.99 | $18,359.43 | $56,735.24 | $121,541.50 |
| January 2021 | $28,354.86 | $18,276.61 | $59,303.20 | $129,995.43 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $388,597.73 at limited-service restaurants; $1,820,269.54 total food sales.