Food sales by outlet type, September 2024
Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type, for September 2024 (period 2024-09).
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 September 2024 (period 2024-09). 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 September 2024
| Series | Value |
|---|---|
| Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $40,447.44 |
| Food sales at limited-service restaurant (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $41,620.79 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $36,752.71 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $37,824.97 |
| Food-at-home sales at grocery stores (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $48,675.31 |
| Food sales at grocery stores (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $49,548.61 |
| Food-at-home sales at warehouse clubs and supercenters (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $22,382.71 |
| Food sales at warehouse club and supercenter (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $22,786.75 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $97,811.21 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $100,655.59 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $85,546.45 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $87,085.20 |
| Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $183,357.66 |
| Total food sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $187,740.78 |
Nominal dollars are as published in the source file; the constant-dollar column is the source's own 2025=100 series.