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Food Away from Home                    (New 12/95)        Stock #96005
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Data reported on this disk supplement and extend those contained in: U.S. Trends
in Eating Away From Home, 1982-89: A Survey of Commercially Prepared Meals and
Snacks by Type of Food Service Establishment and Kind of Food, Jesus C. Dumagan
and John W. Hackett, SB-926, Econ. Res. Serv., U.S. Dept. Agr., December 1995.

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Table #                               Title
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Tab-001   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with
andwithout tip, per quarter, 1982

Tab-002   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, per quarter, 1983

Tab-003   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, per quarter, 1984

Tab-004   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, per quarter, 1985

Tab-005   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, per quarter, 1986

Tab-006   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, per quarter, 1987

Tab-007   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, per quarter, 1988

Tab-008   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, per quarter, 1989

Tab-009   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, per quarter, 1982

Tab-010   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, per quarter, 1983

Tab-011   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, per quarter, 1984

Tab-012   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, per quarter, 1985

Tab-013   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, per quarter, 1986

Tab-014   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, per quarter, 1987

Tab-015   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, per quarter, 1988

Tab-016   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, per quarter, 1989

Tab-017   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home,per
quarter, 1982

Tab-018   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, per
quarter, 1983

Tab-019   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, per
quarter, 1984

Tab-020   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, per
quarter, 1985

Tab-021   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, per
quarter, 1986

Tab-022   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, per
quarter, 1987

Tab-023   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, per
quarter, 1988

Tab-024   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, per
quarter, 1989

Tab-025   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, per quarter, 1982

Tab-026   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, per quarter, 1983

Tab-027   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, per quarter, 1984

Tab-028   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, per quarter, 1985

Tab-029   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, per quarter, 1986

Tab-030   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, per quarter, 1987

Tab-031   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, per quarter, 1988

Tab-032   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, per quarter, 1989

Tab-033   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, per quarter, 1982

Tab-034   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, per quarter, 1983

Tab-035   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, per quarter, 1984

Tab-036   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, per quarter, 1985

Tab-037   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, per quarter, 1986

Tab-038   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, per quarter, 1987

Tab-039   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, per quarter, 1988

Tab-040   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, per quarter, 1989

Tab-041   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, per quarter, 1982

Tab-042   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, per quarter, 1983

Tab-043   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, per quarter, 1984

Tab-044   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, per quarter, 1985

Tab-045   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, per quarter, 1986

Tab-046   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, per quarter, 1987

Tab-047   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, per quarter, 1988

Tab-048   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, per quarter, 1989

Tab-049   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, per quarter, 1982

Tab-050   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, per quarter, 1983

Tab-051   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, per quarter, 1984

Tab-052   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, per quarter, 1985

Tab-053   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, per quarter, 1986

Tab-054   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, per quarter, 1987

Tab-055   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, per quarter, 1988

Tab-056   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, per quarter, 1989

Tab-057   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1982

Tab-058   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1983

Tab-059   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1984

Tab-060   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1985

Tab-061   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1986

Tab-062   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1987

Tab-063   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1988

Tab-064   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1989

Tab-065   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1982

Tab-066   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1983

Tab-067   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1984

Tab-068   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1985

Tab-069   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1986

Tab-070   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1987

Tab-071   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1988

Tab-072   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1989

Tab-073   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1982

Tab-074   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1983

Tab-075   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1984

Tab-076   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1985

Tab-077   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1986

Tab-078   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1987

Tab-079   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1988

Tab-080   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1989

Tab-081   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1982

Tab-082   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1983

Tab-083   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1984

Tab-084   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1985

Tab-085   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1986

Tab-086   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1987

Tab-087   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1988

Tab-088   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter, 1989

Tab-089   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home by occasion and 
establishment type, per quarter, 1982


Tab-090   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home by occasion and 
establishment type, per quarter, 1983

Tab-091   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home by occasion and 
establishment type, per quarter, 1984

Tab-092   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home by occasion and 
establishment type, per quarter, 1985

Tab-093   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home by occasion and 
establishment type, per quarter, 1986

Tab-094   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home by occasion and 
establishment type, per quarter, 1987

Tab-095   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home by occasion and 
establishment type, per quarter, 1988

Tab-096   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home by occasion and 
establishment type, per quarter, 1989

Tab-097   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter,
1982

Tab-098   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter,
1983

Tab-099   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter,
1984

Tab-100   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter,
1985

Tab-101   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter,
1986

Tab-102   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter,
1987

Tab-103   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter,
1988

Tab-104   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per quarter,
1989


Tab-105   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per
quarter, 1982

Tab-106   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per
quarter, 1983

Tab-107   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per
quarter, 1984

Tab-108   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per
quarter, 1985

Tab-109   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per
quarter, 1986

Tab-110   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per
quarter, 1987

Tab-111   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per
quarter, 1988

Tab-112   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and establishment type, per
quarter, 1989

Tab-113   Nominal total expenditures per household for meals and snacks prepared
away from home, with and without tip, per quarter, 1982-  89

Tab-114   Real total expenditures per household for meals and snacks prepared
away from home, with and without tip, per quarter, 1982-  89

Tab-115   Nominal total expenditures per buying household for meals and snacks
prepared away from home, with and without tip, perquarter, 1982-89

Tab-116   Real total expenditures per buying household for meals and snacks 
prepared away from home, with and without tip, per quarter, 1982-  89

Tab-117   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1982

Tab-118   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1983

Tab-119   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1984

Tab-120   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1985

Tab-121   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1986

Tab-122   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1987

Tab-123   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1988

Tab-124   Nominal cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and
without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1989

Tab-125   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1982

Tab-126   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1983

Tab-127   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1984

Tab-128   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1985

Tab-129   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1986

Tab-130   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1987

Tab-131   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1988

Tab-132   Real cost per meal or snack prepared away from home, with and without
tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1989

Tab-133   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and food type, per quarter, 1982

Tab-134   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and food type, per quarter, 1983

Tab-135   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and food type, per quarter, 1984

Tab-136   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and food type, per quarter, 1985

Tab-137   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and food type, per quarter, 1986

Tab-138   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and food type, per quarter, 1987

Tab-139   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and food type, per quarter, 1988

Tab-140   Eating Occasions for meals or snacks prepared away from home, by
occasion and food type, per quarter, 1989

Tab-141   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1982

Tab-142   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1983

Tab-143   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1984

Tab-144   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1985

Tab-145   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1986

Tab-146   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1987

Tab-147   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1988

Tab-148   Eating party size per occasion for meals or snacks prepared away from
home, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1989

Tab-149   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, by occasionand food
type, per quarter, 1982

Tab-150   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, by occasionand food
type, per quarter, 1983

Tab-151   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, by occasionand food
type, per quarter, 1984

Tab-152   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, by occasionand food
type, per quarter, 1985

Tab-153   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, by occasionand food
type, per quarter, 1986

Tab-154   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, by occasionand food
type, per quarter, 1987

Tab-155   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, by occasionand food
type, per quarter, 1988

Tab-156   Number of meals or snacks prepared away from home, by occasionand food
type, per quarter, 1989

Tab-157   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1982

Tab-158   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1983

Tab-159   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1984

Tab-160   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1985

Tab-161   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1986

Tab-162   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1987

Tab-163   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1988

Tab-164   Nominal total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from 
home, with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1989

Tab-165   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter,
1982

Tab-166   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter,
1983

Tab-167   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter,
1984

Tab-168   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter,
1985

Tab-169   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away from   home,
with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter, 1986

Tab-170   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter,
1987

Tab-171   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter,
1988

Tab-172   Real total expenditures for meals or snacks prepared away fromhome,
with and without tip, by occasion and food type, per quarter,
1989

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