# United States Retail Sales: Food & Beverage Stores

United States Retail Sales: Food & Beverage Stores was up 0.9% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.3% in August 2026.
The level stood at 85,056 USD m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.9% (Mar 2021) to 27.8% (Mar 2020), averaging 4.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau
- Makrognosis code: `US.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-FOODBEV`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: USD m
- Coverage: 1992-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (417 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/retail-sales-food-and-beverage-stores

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 85,056 USD m | 0.9 |
| August 2026 | 84,727 USD m | 0.3 |
| July 2026 | 84,556 USD m | 0.6 |
| June 2026 | 84,687 USD m | 1.0 |
| May 2026 | 84,883 USD m | 2.3 |
| April 2026 | 84,723 USD m | 1.3 |
| March 2026 | 84,215 USD m | 0.6 |
| February 2026 | 83,254 USD m | −0.5 |
| January 2026 | 84,384 USD m | 1.3 |
| December 2025 | 84,316 USD m | 1.1 |
| November 2025 | 84,103 USD m | 1.8 |
| October 2025 | 84,300 USD m | 1.9 |
| September 2025 | 84,301 USD m | 2.2 |
| August 2025 | 84,503 USD m | 3.5 |
| July 2025 | 84,025 USD m | 2.2 |
| June 2025 | 83,845 USD m | 2.8 |
| May 2025 | 82,981 USD m | 2.3 |
| April 2025 | 83,642 USD m | 2.8 |
| March 2025 | 83,747 USD m | 3.7 |
| February 2025 | 83,679 USD m | 4.1 |
| January 2025 | 83,273 USD m | 3.8 |
| December 2024 | 83,375 USD m | 3.6 |
| November 2024 | 82,588 USD m | 2.4 |
| October 2024 | 82,715 USD m | 2.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-FOODBEV"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-FOODBEV",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```