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  • Changes in food spending from 2019 to 2022 varied by State
    3/20/2024
    Changes in food spending from 2019 to 2022 varied by State
  • Mobile apps remained popular for quick-service carryout and delivery spending after pandemic-related increase
    2/6/2024
    Mobile apps remained popular for quick-service carryout and delivery spending after pandemic-related increase
  • Full-service restaurants: Consumer spending on delivery via third-party apps quadrupled between prepandemic months and end of 2022
    1/23/2024
    Full-service restaurants: Consumer spending on delivery via third-party apps quadrupled between prepandemic months and end of 2022
  • Quick-service restaurants: Consumer spending on delivery via third-party apps more than tripled between prepandemic months and end of 2022
    1/23/2024
    Quick-service restaurants: Consumer spending on delivery via third-party apps more than tripled between prepandemic months and end of 2022
  • Food-at-home spending drops close to pre-COVID levels, while food-away-from-home spending remains high
    1/22/2024
    Food-at-home spending drops close to pre-COVID levels, while food-away-from-home spending remains high
  • Rural counties dependent on recreation had the most food-away-from-home outlets in 2019
    9/6/2023
    Rural counties dependent on recreation had the most food-away-from-home outlets in 2019
  • Rural food-away-from-home establishments were most prevalent in recreation-dependent nonmetro counties in 2019
    8/14/2023
    Rural food-away-from-home establishments were most prevalent in recreation-dependent nonmetro counties in 2019
  • Shares of total food expenditures in the United States, 1960–2022
    7/17/2023
    Shares of total food expenditures in the United States, 1960–2022
  • U.S. consumers’ food spending hit record high in 2022
    7/17/2023
    U.S. consumers’ food spending hit record high in 2022
  • Expenditures for food at home and away from home in the United States, 1960–2022
    7/17/2023
    Expenditures for food at home and away from home in the United States, 1960–2022
  • Food-away-from-home market in the United States, by outlet type, 1987–2022
    7/17/2023
    Food-away-from-home market in the United States, by outlet type, 1987–2022
  • Limited-service restaurants: Share of total establishments doubles, total number of establishments triples, 1990–2019
    6/21/2023
    Limited-service restaurants: Share of total establishments doubles, total number of establishments triples, 1990–2019
  • Consumer spending increased on delivery via third-party apps and on carryout via restaurant apps during pandemic
    6/13/2023
    Consumer spending increased on delivery via third-party apps and on carryout via restaurant apps during pandemic
  • Food spending in Washington, DC, differs from 50-State averages
    5/24/2023
    Food spending in Washington, DC, differs from 50-State averages
  • Food spending decreased unevenly across States in 2020
    5/17/2023
    Food spending decreased unevenly across States in 2020
  • Share of limited-service restaurants in rural counties doubled from 1990 to 2019
    4/24/2023
    Share of limited-service restaurants in rural counties doubled from 1990 to 2019
  • Most nonmetro counties had fewer than 5 restaurant options per 1,000 people in 2019
    4/18/2023
    Most nonmetro counties had fewer than 5 restaurant options per 1,000 people in 2019
  • Food-away-from-home spending varied among outlets during first year of pandemic
    2/28/2023
    Food-away-from-home spending varied among outlets during first year of pandemic
  • Newly estimated NETS sales data track more closely with FES for food-away-from-home sales
    12/5/2022
    Newly estimated NETS sales data track more closely with FES for food-away-from-home sales
  • Newly estimated NETS sales data track more closely with FES for food-at-home sales
    12/5/2022
    Newly estimated NETS sales data track more closely with FES for food-at-home sales
  • U.S. consumers have spent more on food in 2022 than in 2019, even when adjusted for inflation
    10/21/2022
    U.S. consumers have spent more on food in 2022 than in 2019, even when adjusted for inflation
  • Spending dropped more at full-service restaurants than quick-service restaurants in 2020
    4/4/2022
    Spending dropped more at full-service restaurants than quick-service restaurants in 2020
  • Disposable personal income contributed positively to spending on food at home and food away from home during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Recession
    3/7/2022
    Disposable personal income contributed positively to spending on food at home and food away from home during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Recession
  • Restaurant food taxes existed throughout the United States in 2019
    12/7/2021
    Restaurant food taxes existed throughout the United States in 2019
  • U.S. Consumers in 18 States faced grocery taxes in 2019
    12/7/2021
    U.S. Consumers in 18 States faced grocery taxes in 2019
  • Food-at-home (FAH) spending increased for some outlets and decreased for others, 2019-20
    10/4/2021
    Food-at-home (FAH) spending increased for some outlets and decreased for others, 2019-20
  • Food-away-from-home (FAFH) spending levels differed by type of establishment, 1997-2020
    10/4/2021
    Food-away-from-home (FAFH) spending levels differed by type of establishment, 1997-2020
  • Food-away-from-home (FAFH) spending decreased for all types of establishment, 2019-20
    10/4/2021
    Food-away-from-home (FAFH) spending decreased for all types of establishment, 2019-20
  • Share of food-away-from-home spending plunged in 2020
    10/4/2021
    Share of food-away-from-home spending plunged in 2020
  • U.S. consumers reversed trend by spending more on food at home than on food away from home in 2020
    10/4/2021
    U.S. consumers reversed trend by spending more on food at home than on food away from home in 2020
  • U.S. consumers obtained almost half their chicken at away-from-home eating places, 2013–16 survey showed
    2/2/2021
    U.S. consumers obtained almost half their chicken at away-from-home eating places, 2013–16 survey showed
  • Shifts in where food is obtained likely to affect specific commodities
    1/27/2021
    Shifts in where food is obtained likely to affect specific commodities
  • U.S. food spending in June 2020 was $12 billion less than in June 2019
    8/28/2020
    U.S. food spending in June 2020 was $12 billion less than in June 2019
  • Eating-out expenditures in May 2020 were 37 percent lower than May 2019 expenditures
    8/7/2020
    Eating-out expenditures in May 2020 were 37 percent lower than May 2019 expenditures
  • Limited-service and full-service restaurants accounted for 73 percent of food-away-from-home spending in 2019
    7/24/2020
    Limited-service and full-service restaurants accounted for 73 percent of food-away-from-home spending in 2019
  • Americans obtained just over one-third of their vegetables in away-from-home eating places in 2007-08
    6/17/2020
    Americans obtained just over one-third of their vegetables in away-from-home eating places in 2007-08