Band 7+: 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 pie charts illustrates the expenditure on food in restaurants and meals that were made at home in four different years-1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, while the line graph depicts number of meals eaten in fast food and sitdown restaurants.

Overall, it is clearly seen that the percentage of money spent on restaurant meals marginally increases throughout the entire period. As for the the number of fast food eaten, it is evident that the figure going up steadily compared to sitdown restaurant meals over the period.

Looking at the details, proportion of money spent on restaurant foods started at 10% in 1970, making it nine times less than home cooking at 90%. However, the biggest change noticed in 2000, where the percentage of food budget spent on restaurants and home cooking are equal, at 50% each.

In terms of fast food and restaurants meals eaten per year, both started at 20 meals for each in 1970. Subsequently, the number of fast food eaten by people had grown dramatically to 90 meals per year in 2000, making it more popular over the period. In contrast, the amount of meals that were eaten in restaurants, rose not as fast as fast food, reaching approximately 50 meals a year by 2000.