Band 5+: The charts below show the percentage of their food budget the average family spent on restaurant meals in different years. The graph shows the number of meals eaten in fast food restaurants and sit-down restaurants. Summarize the information and compare where relevant, by selecting and reporting the key features. You should write at least 150 words.

The graphs illustrate the difference of food budget in restaurant meals spent by average families (percentages) and depict the individuals who ate in fast food or sit-down restaurants.

Overall, the number of food budget on restaurant meals which is spent by the average family each decade increased consistently each decade. Not only did the figure of fast food meals incline, but also sit-down restaurant meals did.

Regarding the food budget, in 1970, the biggest share of spending the money to buy the materials for home cooking was at 90 percent. While in the next decade until 2000 the proportion declined almost a half percent. It was different from the buying of food on restaurant meals in which more and more families bought cuisine outside. As we can see from the data from the beginning year until the end of the period the budget went up five-fold from 10% to 50%.

moving to fast food or sit-down restaurant, the both of them had the same

pattern. either fast food or sit down restaurants stood at 20. However,the figure of sit down restaurants went up steadily more than twofold until the end of the decade. Whereas, the number of fast food meals witnessed an incline significantly around fourfold in 2000.