U.S. consumers’ food spending continued to increase in 2022, following the prepandemic trend
![U.S. consumers’ food spending continued to increase in 2022, following the prepandemic trend Bar chart showing inflation-adjusted spending on food at home and food away from home from 1997 to 2022.](/webdocs/charts/107434/fig_1_food_expenditure_2022_768px.png?v=6843.9)
Adjusted for inflation, U.S. annual food spending increased 70 percent from 1997 to 2022 to the highest level recorded. The 25-year climb was steady other than slight decreases during the Great Recession in 2008 and 2009 and a 6.4 percent drop in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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