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Fast fact #29

#29: The average spend per person on eating out was 26 per cent of their total food spend in 2005, compared to less than 10 per cent in 1955.

Food and diet

Bibliography

Source: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/statistics/files/defra-stats-foodfarm-food-pocketbook-2011.pdf
Originally published in The Big Picture Little Book of Fast Facts
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-and-education/Big-Picture/All-issues/Special-Fast-Facts-book/index.htm

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