U.S. Demand for Food: Household Expenditures, Demographics, and Projections for 1990-2010

摘要

Projections of food expenditure models indicate that higher income households spend more per person than poorer households on most food groups, especially food away from home, fish, cheese, other dairy foods, fresh fruit, and processed fruit. In addition, Americans 65 and older tend to spend more on food at home and less on food away from home than younger households. Some regional variation occurs, with the Northeast and the West spending the most on total food. The econometric models also indicate that nonblacks spend more per food category than blacks except for meat, poultry, fish, and eggs. Projections indicate that the growth of food expenditures over the next 20 years will be slower than the past 20 years.