Food sales by outlet type, August 2024
Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type, for August 2024 (period 2024-08).
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 August 2024 (period 2024-08). 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 August 2024
| Series | Value |
|---|---|
| Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $43,882.02 |
| Food sales at limited-service restaurant (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $45,308.15 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $39,382.85 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $40,669.32 |
| Food-at-home sales at grocery stores (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $50,834.70 |
| Food sales at grocery stores (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $51,977.27 |
| Food-at-home sales at warehouse clubs and supercenters (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $24,637.05 |
| Food sales at warehouse club and supercenter (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $25,193.52 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $104,682.91 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $108,092.48 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $90,523.43 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $92,562.22 |
| Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $195,206.34 |
| Total food sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $200,654.70 |
Nominal dollars are as published in the source file; the constant-dollar column is the source's own 2025=100 series.