摘要：Food spending in the United
States rose 3.9 percent to $714.9
billion between 1996 and 1997
(table 1). Total expenditures for eating
out (food away from home) also
rose 3.9 percent, to $320.3 billion in
1997. This increase is higher than
the 2.8-percent rise in 1996. Retail
food expenditures (food at home)
also increased at a slightly higher
pace than in 1996, up 3.8 percent to
$394.6 billion. Once adjusted for
inflation, which was a low 2.3 percent
in 1997, total food spending
rose 3.5 percent in 1997¡ªfood at
home was up 3.8 percent and food
away from home rose 2.9 percent.
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