Drive-thru and carryout spending increased at quick-service restaurants early in the pandemic; on-premises spending at full-service restaurants continues to lag prepandemic levels
- by Keenan Marchesi and Patrick McLaughlin
- 1/29/2024
While total annual U.S. food spending levels had recovered from pandemic-related shocks as of 2021, some pandemic-induced changes in what people were buying for food at home and where and how they were purchasing food away from home continued throughout 2022.