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  • Eating-out expenditures in March 2020 were 28 percent below March 2019 expenditures
    6/5/2020
    Eating-out expenditures in March 2020 were 28 percent below March 2019 expenditures
  • ICYMI... Chain outlets make up a smaller share of restaurants in the Northeast and Pacific Northwest
    10/17/2019
    ICYMI... Chain outlets make up a smaller share of restaurants in the Northeast and Pacific Northwest
  • Chain outlets make up a smaller share of restaurants in the Northeast and Pacific Northwest
    3/25/2019
    Chain outlets make up a smaller share of restaurants in the Northeast and Pacific Northwest
  • Declines in fat content have been largest for home-prepared food
    12/11/2018
    Declines in fat content have been largest for home-prepared food
  • As quick-service restaurants proliferate, growth patterns mirror rural-urban migration trends
    12/6/2018
    As quick-service restaurants proliferate, growth patterns mirror rural-urban migration trends
  • The Great Recession affected food spending patterns of elderly households less than those of non-elderly households
    11/27/2018
    The Great Recession affected food spending patterns of elderly households less than those of non-elderly households
  • Inflation-adjusted food spending by U.S. households fell during the Great Recession and did not recover until 2015
    10/16/2018
    Inflation-adjusted food spending by U.S. households fell during the Great Recession and did not recover until 2015
  • Americans purchase almost two-thirds of their calories from large grocery stores
    2/28/2018
    Americans purchase almost two-thirds of their calories from large grocery stores
  • Number of U.S. fast food restaurants grew by 9 percent between 2009 and 2014
    12/19/2017
    Number of U.S. fast food restaurants grew by 9 percent between 2009 and 2014
  • Consumer Price Index for food at home, 1967-2016
    7/3/2017
    Consumer Price Index for food at home, 1967-2016
  • Percent change in the all-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) and food CPI, 1984-2016
    7/3/2017
    Percent change in the all-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) and food CPI, 1984-2016
  • Retail food price inflation by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), 2007-16
    7/3/2017
    Retail food price inflation by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), 2007-16
  • Percent change in annual farm product PPI, processed foods and feeds PPI, and all-food CPI, 1984-2016
    7/3/2017
    Percent change in annual farm product PPI, processed foods and feeds PPI, and all-food CPI, 1984-2016
  • Annual percent change in food prices by category, 2015-16
    7/3/2017
    Annual percent change in food prices by category, 2015-16
  • Americans began to adjust their food spending patterns about a year before the 2007-09 recession
    11/18/2016
    Americans began to adjust their food spending patterns about a year before the 2007-09 recession
  • Across income groups, fast food largest source of food-away-from-home calories
    10/21/2016
    Across income groups, fast food largest source of food-away-from-home calories
  • American adults who eat at fast food places averaged 2.7 visits a week in 2014
    9/20/2016
    American adults who eat at fast food places averaged 2.7 visits a week in 2014
  • Editor's Pick 2014, #2:<br>At home or away, most potatoes are eaten in forms that add calories
    9/1/2016
    Editor's Pick 2014, #2:<br>At home or away, most potatoes are eaten in forms that add calories
  • Average share of income spent on total food in the United States has remained relatively constant since 2000
    8/25/2016
    Average share of income spent on total food in the United States has remained relatively constant since 2000
  • Fast food plays a larger role in all children's diets, but school food remains relatively more important for lower income children
    8/23/2016
    Fast food plays a larger role in all children's diets, but school food remains relatively more important for lower income children
  • Prices of basic food ingredients outpaced prices of more convenient foods but with little impact on basic ingredient spending
    8/2/2016
    Prices of basic food ingredients outpaced prices of more convenient foods but with little impact on basic ingredient spending
  • Food acquisition locations differ by household income and SNAP participation
    8/1/2016
    Food acquisition locations differ by household income and SNAP participation
  • The 30-year upward trend in eating out briefly reversed in 2007-10
    7/5/2016
    The 30-year upward trend in eating out briefly reversed in 2007-10
  • U.S. spending on food away from home higher than on food at home in 2014
    2/4/2016
    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
    12/23/2015
    Share of eating-out expenditures at limited-service places more than tripled during the past half century
  • Number of fast food restaurants per capita varies across the U.S.
    8/27/2015
    Number of fast food restaurants per capita varies across the U.S.
  • About one-third of SNAP participants and food-insecure households use someone else's car or they walk, bike, or use public transit to get to the grocery store
    7/29/2015
    About one-third of SNAP participants and food-insecure households use someone else's car or they walk, bike, or use public transit to get to the grocery store
  • WIC households seek out supercenters for their primary grocery shopping
    7/29/2015
    WIC households seek out supercenters for their primary grocery shopping
  • Most U.S. households do not always shop at the supermarket closest to home
    7/27/2015
    Most U.S. households do not always shop at the supermarket closest to home
  • Fast-food purchasers spend more time in secondary eating and drinking outside the home
    4/23/2015
    Fast-food purchasers spend more time in secondary eating and drinking outside the home
  • Recession affected visits to sit-down restaurants, not fast food
    3/18/2015
    Recession affected visits to sit-down restaurants, not fast food
  • Percent of adults eating at sit-down restaurants or purchasing fast food meals peaked around the onset of the 2007 financial crisis
    2/26/2015
    Percent of adults eating at sit-down restaurants or purchasing fast food meals peaked around the onset of the 2007 financial crisis
  • Greater share of employed adults ate at sit-down restaurants and bought fast food
    1/21/2015
    Greater share of employed adults ate at sit-down restaurants and bought fast food
  • U.S. food sales evenly split between at-home and away-from-home markets
    1/14/2015
    U.S. food sales evenly split between at-home and away-from-home markets
  • Editor's Pick 2014: At home or away, most potatoes are eaten in forms that add calories
    12/31/2014
    Editor's Pick 2014: At home or away, most potatoes are eaten in forms that add calories
  • Editor's Pick 2014: <br>Working-age adults ate fewer meals, snacks, and calories away from home following the 2007-09 recession
    12/24/2014
    Editor's Pick 2014: <br>Working-age adults ate fewer meals, snacks, and calories away from home following the 2007-09 recession