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One-third of the U.S. food dollar spent on eating-out services in 2021

For a typical dollar spent in 2021 by U.S. consumers on domestically produced food, including both grocery store and eating-out purchases, 33.6 cents went to foodservice establishments such as restaurants and other eating-out places. This amount resumes the foodservices share’s upward trend after it declined in 2020, due to changes in food-away-from-home spending early in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. For the remainder of the food dollar, retail trade (12.7 cents) decreased to its lowest share since 1995 and wholesale trade (10.7 cents) decreased to its lowest share since 2011.

Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE