Food sales by outlet type, May 2024
Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type, for May 2024 (period 2024-05).
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 May 2024 (period 2024-05). 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 May 2024
| Series | Value |
|---|---|
| Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $44,175.52 |
| Food sales at limited-service restaurant (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $46,014.87 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $39,586.23 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $41,241.14 |
| Food-at-home sales at grocery stores (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $51,014.58 |
| Food sales at grocery stores (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $52,284.57 |
| Food-at-home sales at warehouse clubs and supercenters (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $24,018.57 |
| Food sales at warehouse club and supercenter (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $24,619.16 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $105,547.26 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $109,949.55 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $90,772.25 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $93,036.20 |
| Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $196,319.50 |
| Total food sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $202,985.75 |
Nominal dollars are as published in the source file; the constant-dollar column is the source's own 2025=100 series.