The chart 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 by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant
The chart gives the information about the food budget the average family spent on restaurant meals from 1970 to 2000 in terms of percentage and the line graph demonstrates the number of meals eaten in fast food restaurants and sit-down restaurants.
From the chart it can be seen that the trend of home-cooking reduced significantly from 1970 to 2000. In 1970, only 10% of the food budget was spent on restaurant meals, but afterwards the rising trend continued and finally in 2000, half of the food budget was spent on restaurant meals.
If we look at the line graph we can see that in 1970, ...
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