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Food CPI, Prices and Expenditures: Food Expenditure Tables

Total Expenditures

Table 1. Food and alcoholic beverages
Expenditures from 1869 through 2007 for food at home, food away from home, and alcoholic beverages.

Table 2. Food at home
Expenditures from 1869 through 2007 for food sales from food stores; other stores; home delivery and mail order; farmers, manufacturers, and wholesalers; and home production and donations.

Table 3. Food away from home
Expenditures from 1929 through 2007 for sales from eating and drinking places; hotels and motels; retail stores and direct selling; recreational places; schools and colleges; and all other.

Table 4. Alcoholic beverages
Expenditures from 1935 through 2007 for alcoholic beverages purchased for use at home from liquor stores, food stores, and all other. Also includes alcoholic beverages purchased away from home from eating and drinking places, hotels and motels, and all other.

Food Expenditures

Table 5. Food expenditures by source of funds
Food expenditures from 1929 through 2007 purchased by families and individuals, government, and businesses, and food produced at home.

Table 6. Share of food expenditures by source of funds
Percentage of food expenditures from 1929 through 2007 for purchases by families and individuals, governments, and businesses, and food produced at home.

Table 7. Food expenditures by families and individuals as a share of disposable personal income
Food expenditures and percentage of disposable personal income spent on food from 1929 through 2007 by families and individuals for food at home, food away from home, and total food.

Table 8. Food expenditures by families and individuals as a share of disposable personal money income
Food expenditures and percentage of disposable personal money income spent on food from 1929 through 2007 by families and individuals for food at home, food away from home, and total food.

Table 9. Coverage of food expenditures in tables 1, 7, and 8
Explains the difference between total expenditures, expenditures out of personal income, and expenditures out of personal money income.

Table 10. Adjustments to disposable personal income to obtain disposable personal money income
Explains the difference between personal income and personal money income concepts.

Table 11. Expenditures for food at retail store prices, including home-produced food, excluding sales taxes and tips, at current prices and 1988 retail store prices
Expenditures from 1929 through 2007 at current prices for food at home, food away from home, and total food. Also expenditures from 1929 through 2005 at 1988 retail store prices and on a per capita basis.

Table 12. Food away from home as a share of food expenditures
Expenditures on food away from home as a share of total food dollars, and as a share of household food expenditures from 1929 through 2007.

Table 13. Relative prices of food at three stages of the system
Percentage of retail store prices from 1929 through 2007 by restaurant prices and manufacturers and shippers prices.

Table 14. Food expenditures at constant prices
Food expenditures from 1953 through 2007 at 1988 prices for food at home, food away from home, and total food. Also price indexes on a 1988 = 100 basis from 1953 through 2007 for food at home and food away from home.

Table 15. Per capita food expenditures
Per capita food expenditures from 1953 through 2007 for food at home, food away from home, and total food at current prices and 1988 prices.

Table 16. Sales of food at home by type of outlet
Percentage of food purchased for at-home use from 1929 through 2007 from supermarkets; convenience stores; other grocery stores; specialty food stores; warehouse clubs; mass merchandisers; other stores; home delivered and mail order; and farmers, processors, wholesalers, and other.

Table 17. Sales of meals and snacks away from home by type of outlet
Percentage of food purchased for away-from-home consumption from 1929 through 2007 from restaurants, lunchrooms, cafeterias, and caterers; fast food places; all eating places; hotels and motels; schools and colleges; stores, bars, and vending machines; recreational places; and others, including military outlets.

Other Tables

Table 36. Monthly retail sales for food at home and food away from home.

Table 97. Percent of personal consumption spent on food by selected countries
Expenditures spent on food and alcoholic beverages that were consumed at home, by selected countries, 2007.

For USDA Official Food Plans also visit Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.

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Updated date: September 3, 2008