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Aylin Kumcu

Former ERS Staff

Briefly

As an Agricultural Economist with the Economic Research Service, Aylin Kumcu focused her research on retail food prices and household demand for food.

Background

U.S. Households’ Demand for Convenience Foods Methodology for the Quarterly Food-Away-from-Home Prices Data The WIC Fruit and Vegetable Cash Voucher: Does Regional Price Variation Affect Buying Power? Canned Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in the United States: An Updated Report to Congress

New Data on U.S. Food-Away-From-Home Prices Show Geographic and Time Variation In the Long Run: Public Expenditures Stable at Around 6 Percent of Total Food Spending Since 1990 Buying Power of WIC Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Varies Across the Country Food Spending Adjustments During Recessionary Times In the Long Run: Food Spending Dipped During Recession