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Default Eating out or eating at home

"Melba's Jammin'" wrote

> It's the last sentence in the paragraph that caught my attention. Do
> you believe the statement?


> American gets about 200 meals (a year) from a restaurant and that's
> almost unchanged for 10 years."


Sorry, hit a wrong key and sent a blank.

10 years ago was 2000 and I think we havent changed that much. The radical
change was about 1985-1990 when young adults seemed to not have a clue and
there was a huge expansion of pre-made frozen foods.

One stat will be the same probably from 1985 to now, which is the lunch at
work. People seldom bring lunch to work and instead normally have easy
access to some sort of cafeteria affair.

Now if they were thinking a real restraunt, (not just lunch at a local
cafeteria) then 200 may fit but feels high. With lunch added for workers,
this may fit fairly well.