Monthly food sales by outlet type, 2023
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 2023: 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 2023. 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 2023 | $40,501.96 | $39,297.32 | $100,877.11 | $198,010.91 |
| November 2023 | $38,147.66 | $34,391.79 | $92,835.82 | $182,362.13 |
| October 2023 | $40,158.85 | $35,655.30 | $96,517.00 | $183,413.63 |
| September 2023 | $39,648.05 | $35,202.86 | $95,524.74 | $180,259.13 |
| August 2023 | $41,171.71 | $36,172.48 | $98,282.35 | $186,519.13 |
| July 2023 | $41,968.43 | $36,723.99 | $99,175.79 | $186,270.22 |
| June 2023 | $41,209.51 | $36,305.48 | $98,204.23 | $183,863.95 |
| May 2023 | $41,414.99 | $36,544.79 | $98,929.09 | $186,876.75 |
| April 2023 | $39,666.47 | $34,345.31 | $94,224.25 | $178,189.47 |
| March 2023 | $40,177.26 | $35,984.89 | $96,512.38 | $181,086.16 |
| February 2023 | $34,701.98 | $31,958.90 | $85,313.98 | $162,719.16 |
| January 2023 | $35,579.15 | $32,941.83 | $87,228.38 | $169,365.41 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $474,346.02 at limited-service restaurants; $2,178,936.05 total food sales.