Monthly food sales by outlet type, 2022
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 2022: 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 2022. 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 2022 | $36,496.82 | $33,471.43 | $89,340.20 | $182,125.05 |
| November 2022 | $34,893.69 | $29,674.05 | $83,130.60 | $169,230.59 |
| October 2022 | $37,383.87 | $32,235.42 | $88,684.73 | $171,990.80 |
| September 2022 | $36,089.45 | $31,045.85 | $85,698.08 | $165,351.13 |
| August 2022 | $38,105.81 | $32,065.23 | $88,773.34 | $171,357.17 |
| July 2022 | $38,685.13 | $32,072.42 | $89,492.80 | $172,685.83 |
| June 2022 | $37,613.45 | $31,325.92 | $87,974.46 | $170,019.86 |
| May 2022 | $37,807.85 | $32,712.98 | $89,611.97 | $171,684.16 |
| April 2022 | $36,036.69 | $31,581.08 | $85,849.05 | $164,098.78 |
| March 2022 | $35,556.05 | $30,825.81 | $84,071.63 | $163,207.16 |
| February 2022 | $30,442.84 | $26,634.67 | $72,677.79 | $142,545.81 |
| January 2022 | $30,658.73 | $24,928.56 | $70,787.08 | $146,266.56 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $429,770.38 at limited-service restaurants; $1,990,562.90 total food sales.