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Annette Clauson

Former ERS Staff

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After falling in the late 1990s and early 2000s, supermarkets' share of at-home food spending has stabilized
U.S. spending on food away from home higher than on food at home in 2014
Share of eating-out expenditures at limited-service places more than tripled during the past half century
On average, Americans spend just under 10 percent of their incomes on food
Consumer price indexes for food and nonfood items 1990-92=100

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