Growth in restaurants and dining out
The restaurant industry has almost doubled its share of every dollar spent on food in the United States over the last 60 years from 25% in 1955 to 47% today. Much of this growth reflects the expansion in fast food restaurants (a trend observed in other countries including the UK).

 

 

Source: Scott Kahan [2]

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Growth in restaurants and dining out
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