Food sales by outlet type, March 2024
Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type, for March 2024 (period 2024-03).
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 March 2024 (period 2024-03). 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 March 2024
| Series | Value |
|---|---|
| Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $42,657.00 |
| Food sales at limited-service restaurant (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $44,744.30 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $38,974.24 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $40,887.92 |
| Food-at-home sales at grocery stores (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $49,856.14 |
| Food sales at grocery stores (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $51,139.62 |
| Food-at-home sales at warehouse clubs and supercenters (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $23,657.32 |
| Food sales at warehouse club and supercenter (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $24,268.97 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $102,861.41 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $107,902.07 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $88,269.26 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $90,545.70 |
| Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $191,130.66 |
| Total food sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $198,447.78 |
Nominal dollars are as published in the source file; the constant-dollar column is the source's own 2025=100 series.