Food sales by outlet type, December 2024
Monthly sales of food, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers, by outlet type, for December 2024 (period 2024-12).
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 December 2024 (period 2024-12). 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 December 2024
| Series | Value |
|---|---|
| Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $40,815.53 |
| Food sales at limited-service restaurant (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $41,658.77 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $40,219.06 |
| Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $41,056.58 |
| Food-at-home sales at grocery stores (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $52,945.07 |
| Food sales at grocery stores (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $53,787.85 |
| Food-at-home sales at warehouse clubs and supercenters (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $28,239.07 |
| Food sales at warehouse club and supercenter (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $28,691.68 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $102,408.55 |
| Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $104,531.48 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $99,149.70 |
| Total food-at-home sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $100,732.49 |
| Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | $201,558.25 |
| Total food sales (millions of constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | $205,263.97 |
Nominal dollars are as published in the source file; the constant-dollar column is the source's own 2025=100 series.