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Food CPI, Prices and Expenditures:
Foodservice as a Share of Food Expenditures
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Table 12
Food away from home as a share of food expenditures
Year Food away from home as a share of total food dollars1 Share of total food dollars at current prices 2 Share of household expenditures for food expenditures3
  Percent
1929 17.2 14.9 13.4
1939 19.2 16.9 15.0
1948 23.8 20.5 17.7
1954 25.0 21.8 18.0
1955 25.5 21.7 18.6
1956 25.8 21.7 19.0
1957 25.2 21.1 18.5
1958 25.0 21.0 18.2
1959 25.9 21.1 19.5
1960 26.3 21.1 19.6
1961 26.8 21.5 20.1
1962 27.7 21.9 20.8
1963 28.6 22.3 21.4
1964 29.0 23.0 22.0
1965 29.8 23.4 22.5
1966 31.0 24.4 23.4
1967 32.1 24.7 24.4
1968 33.1 25.3 25.2
1969 33.3 25.0 25.3
1970 33.4 24.7 25.9
1971 33.8 24.5 26.1
1972 34.2 24.8 26.7
1973 34.7 26.8 26.9
1974 34.1 25.9 26.4
1975 35.8 27.1 28.1
1976 37.2 27.7 29.6
1977 37.8 27.8 30.4
1978 38.5 28.7 31.4
1979 39.0 29.2 31.9
1980 39.0 28.9 32.0
1981 39.5 29.1 32.9
1982 40.1 29.3 34.2
1983 40.7 29.3 35.0
1984 41.0 29.7 35.2
1985 41.3 29.6 35.5
1986 42.2 30.1 36.2
1987 44.8 30.2 36.7
1988 45.3 30.7 38.1
1989 45.2 30.9 37.6
1990 44.8 30.8 37.2
1991 44.9 30.7 37.3
1992 45.4 31.1 38.0
1993 46.1 31.8 38.9
1994 46.1 32.1 39.1
1995 46.5 32.5 39.6
1996 46.2 32.5 39.3
1997 46.6 32.8 39.5
1998 47.3 33.2 40.2
1999 47.0 34.7 40.0
2000 48.1 35.6 40.9
2001 47.6 35.2 40.5
2002 47.9 35.3 40.8
2003 48.1 35.3 41.1
2004 48.6 35.9 41.5
2005 48.6 36.4 41.5
2006 48.9 36.7 41.9
2007 48.8 36.3 41.7

1Food away-from-home expenditures divided by total expenditures, for all food (from table 1).
2Food away-from-home expenditures adjusted for food costs only, excluding taxes and tips (from table 11).
3Food away-from-home expenditures divided by total food expenditures, for all families and individuals (from table 7).
Note: Total expenditures on food away from home include expense-account meals, food furnished to inmates and patients, and food and cash donated to schools and institutions. These items are not included in expenditures on food away from home for all families and individuals. For a detailed description of what is included in each column of expenditures see table 9.

 
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