摘要：Food spending in the United
States rose 4.9 percent to
$788.6 billion between 1998
and 1999 (table 1). Total expenditures
for eating out (food away from
home) rose from $352.6 billion in
1998 to $374.7 billion in 1999. The
6.3-percent increase is the largest
yearly increase in food away from
home spending since 1990, when
food prices away from home were
high and expenditures increased 7.3
percent. Retail food expenditures
(food at home) increased just 3.8
percent¡ªfrom $398.9 billion in 1998
to $413.9 billion in 1999.
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