The pie charts depicts the propotions of food budget a family spent on restaurant meals and home cooked meal from 1985 to 2015. The line graph demonstrates the average number of meals a family ate at a sit-down restaurant in contrast to fast food restaurants from 1980 to 2010.
In 1985, an average family spent 90% of their food budget on home cooked meals and only 10% on restaurant meals. However, these propotions started to change as families started to spend more money on restaurant meals. In 1995, an average family spent 15% of their budget on restaurant order. By 2005, this figure jumped by 20%, resulting 35% of the food budget spent on restaurant meals. By 2015, restaurant meals accounted for 50% of the food budget of an average family.
The line graph shows that in 1980, an average family had 20 meals per year from both fast-food restaurants and sit-down restaurants. By 1990, had become more popular and an average family had around 35 meals per year from a sit-down restaurant as compared to approximately 30 meals per year from a fast-food restaurant. However, after 1990, fast food restaurants quickly gained popularity, resulting in an average family having around 55 meals per year by 2000 and around 85 meals per year by 2010. In contrast, the number of sit down meals a family had increased slightly. By 2000, the families only had around 45 meals per year from a sit down restaurant and around 50 meals by 2010.