Monthly food sales by outlet type, 2024
Every month of the USDA Economic Research Service monthly outlet-type series that falls in 2024: limited-service restaurants, full-service restaurants, food away from home and total food sales, one row per month.
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. Rows listed: the 12 rows whose Year is 2024. 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.
| Month | Food sales at limited-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | Food sales at full-service restaurants (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | Total food-away-from-home sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) | Total food sales (millions of nominal U.S. dollars) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | $40,815.53 | $40,219.06 | $102,408.55 | $201,558.25 |
| November 2024 | $40,208.91 | $37,930.21 | $98,980.38 | $191,224.30 |
| October 2024 | $42,490.13 | $37,947.32 | $101,592.02 | $191,956.94 |
| September 2024 | $40,447.44 | $36,752.71 | $97,811.21 | $183,357.66 |
| August 2024 | $43,882.02 | $39,382.85 | $104,682.91 | $195,206.34 |
| July 2024 | $43,712.21 | $37,974.45 | $102,718.79 | $192,523.08 |
| June 2024 | $43,132.09 | $38,320.97 | $102,538.50 | $190,018.56 |
| May 2024 | $44,175.52 | $39,586.23 | $105,547.26 | $196,319.50 |
| April 2024 | $41,989.52 | $36,730.16 | $99,475.92 | $183,513.23 |
| March 2024 | $42,657.00 | $38,974.24 | $102,861.41 | $191,130.66 |
| February 2024 | $38,548.06 | $35,665.00 | $94,012.17 | $174,960.14 |
| January 2024 | $37,605.73 | $33,193.32 | $90,268.30 | $173,602.72 |
Sum of the 12 monthly rows shown above: $499,664.16 at limited-service restaurants; $2,265,371.38 total food sales.