This pie chart depicts how much the average family allocates on restaurant foods overtime and this line graph illustrates how much meals eaten in fast food restaurants and dine in restaurants. In general, most families spent their money on home cooking in four decades; there was an upward trend of meals in both fast food and sit-down restaurant.
First of all, there was a meaningful decrease in the sum of money spent by the average family in four decades. It was clearly shown that initially, the large amount of money was spent on home cooking in 1970 90% and continued to decline for to the next three decades by the number of 85%, 65% and 50% in 1980, 1990 and 2000, respectively. However, the number of food budget on restaurant meals seemed not promising at 1970 by the number of 10%. However, this gradually increased for the next three decades and shared the same percentage as home cooking by the number of 50%.
Subsequently, the line graph clearly shown that originally, the number of meals were started at 20 in 1970. However, in 1980 fast food meals rose slightly and rocketed incessantly to reach its peak in 2000 by the number of approximately 80. Additionally, dine in restaurants increased marginally and reached 50 in 2000.