Line chart showing U.S. grocery and dining out spending monthly from February 2013 to February 2023. In February 2013, $44 billion was spent on dining out and $47 billion on groceries. This steadily grew but in March 2020, groceries jumped to$74 billion and in April 2020, dining out dropped to $31 billion. In February 2023, dining out was at $95 billion and grocery spending was $72 billion.