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FoodReview: Food Away From Home: America's Changing Food Choice, Vol. 22, No. 1

Rosanna Mentzer Morrison and Douglas E. Bowers, Economics Editors

FoodReview No. (FR-22-1) September 1999

About this magazine

This issue of FoodReview focuses on food away from home. A reflection of our rising prosperity is consumers’ increasing willingness to pay for service and convenience, especially when it comes to food. The restaurant and fast food industries have grown for several decades as food manufacturers and retailers alike race to develop products that are easier and faster to prepare at home (often with a microwave oven) or that require no at-home preparation at all. Currently, Americans spend almost half of their food budget on prepared meals at eating places.

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