Study reveals blurred lines between grocery, restaurant consumer trends
The report says the total amount of money spent on food is growing.
Unlike the living room, which remains a primary destination for settling in to watch TV at the end of the day, dining rooms and kitchens across the United States are getting a little less use than they used to. That’s because Americans have embraced the experience of eating out, with “away-from-home” spending hitting a major milestone midway through this decade.
In fact, when 2014 rolled around, Americans began allocating more than half of the money they use for food and beverages for out-of-home dining. That represented a turning point in food and beverage spending—breaking a pattern that hadn’t changed much since the 1970s. Back then, through the earlier part of this decade, Americans were allotting two-thirds of their food and beverage spend on items they would later eat at home.