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Food CPI, Prices and Expenditures:
Sales of Food at Home by Type of Outlet

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Table 16
Sales of food at home by type of outlet
Year Super- markets Conven- ience stores Other grocery Specialty food stores Warehouse clubs and super centers Mass merch- andisers Other stores Home delivered, mail order Farmers, processors, wholesalers, and other
  Percent
1929 0.0 0.0 48.0 17.0 0.0 0.0 13.3 13.8 7.9
1939 5.8 0.0 52.4 14.1 0.0 0.0 7.7 14.9 5.1
1948 14.9 0.0 51.1 14.6 0.0 0.0 5.1 11.2 3.1
1954 28.1 0.0 42.9 11.8 0.0 0.0 4.5 8.9 3.8
1958 36.5 0.1 37.0 11.2 0.0 ** 4.7 7.3 3.2
1963 45.4 0.7 31.1 8.4 0.0 ** 5.9 5.3 3.2
1967 52.2 1.2 25.8 8.3 0.0 ** 5.6 4.2 2.7
1972 55.0 2.2 25.1 8.2 * ** 4.5 2.8 2.1
1977 64.0 3.3 16.2 7.2 * ** 5.3 1.7 2.2
1982 63.2 3.5 17.9 6.6 * 1.1 4.2 1.3 2.1
1983 65.0 3.3 15.9 6.4 0.1 1.3 4.8 1.3 2.0
1984 63.9 3.4 16.8 6.0 0.1 1.4 5.1 1.2 2.0
1985 64.7 3.2 16.0 5.8 0.3 1.4 5.5 1.2 2.0
1986 65.3 3.3 14.3 5.8 0.4 1.5 6.2 1.2 1.9
1987 65.5 2.4 13.9 4.0 1.1 1.4 9.2 1.4 1.1
1988 63.7 2.6 15.2 3.7 1.3 1.4 9.5 1.5 1.1
1989 63.2 2.7 14.9 3.5 1.6 1.4 9.9 1.6 1.2
1990 61.8 2.7 15.7 3.2 1.9 1.4 10.5 1.7 1.1
1991 61.3 2.8 14.9 2.9 2.6 1.4 11.2 1.8 1.1
1992 58.5 3.1 16.5 3.0 3.3 1.4 11.2 1.9 1.0
1993 60.7 3.2 16.1 3.0 3.4 1.7 8.7 2.1 1.1
1994 59.2 3.1 16.6 2.8 3.9 1.8 9.0 2.4 1.1
1995 59.3 3.1 15.2 2.7 4.2 2.0 9.7 2.5 1.2
1996 58.1 3.0 15.8 2.6 4.3 2.1 10.1 2.8 1.2
1997 57.3 2.9 14.3 2.5 4.4 2.3 10.1 5.0 1.2
1998 59.8 2.9 10.5 2.4 5.9 2.3 10.4 4.7 1.2
1999 57.8 2.9 10.8 2.3 7.4 2.3 10.8 4.6 1.1
2000 62.4 2.9 5.3 2.3 9.3 2.3 9.8 4.6 1.1
2001 62.8 2.9 3.5 2.3 11.7 2.2 9.6 4.1 1.0
2002 61.9 2.9 2.2 2.3 14.0 2.1 9.7 4.0 1.0
2003 58.9 2.9 4.8 2.3 15.2 1.9 9.0 3.9 1.0
2004 59.4 2.9 3.7 2.5 16.4 1.9 8.3 3.9 1.0
2005 58.6 2.9 3.4 2.5 17.2 1.7 8.7 3.7 1.0
2006 57.6 2.8 3.4 2.7 17.9 1.7 9.2 3.8 1.0
2007 56.8 2.8 4.0 2.7 18.4 1.6 8.7 4.0 1.1
Note: Percents may not add to 100 due to rounding.
*Less than 0.05 percent.
**Included in other stores.

 

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