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America’s Eating Habits: Food Away From Home Measuring the Value of the U.S. Food System: Revisions to the Food Expenditure Series Comparing National Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS) Data With Other National Food Surveys’ Data Retail-Farm Price Margins and Consumer Product Diversity Food Cost Review, 1950-97
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New U.S. Food Expenditure Estimates Find Food-Away-From-Home Spending Is Higher Than Previous Estimates After a Sharp Rise Between 1990 and 2005, Supercenters’ Share of At-Home-Food Spending Has Leveled Off Taking a Look at Price Spreads from Farm to Consumer Slow Sales Growth and Increased Company Acquisitions Impact U.S. Food Retailing Behind the Data
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