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USDA: Food in the U.S. is a $2.5 trillion business!

Thursday, July 2, 2026MarionView original

The USDA published occasional “charts of note.”  I thought this one was especially useful. The chart gives an estimate of total spending on food in the U.S.—an astonishing $2.51 trillion in 2025. $1.4 trillion goes for food away from home. $1.1 trillion goes for food at home. The data are from USDA’s Food Expenditure Series, […]

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