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About how much did U.S. shoppers spend on fast food in 2012?
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68.1 lb per person (chicken)
Chicken overtook beef as America's top meat decades ago; USDA tracks per-capita availability of each meat every year.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service (2021) ers.usda.gov
about 123.5 lb
That's down sharply from a peak of over 150 pounds per person in 1999, as soda consumption has declined.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service (2023) ers.usda.gov
about $570 billion
The industry has grown enormously since fast food's early days; U.S. fast-food spending alone was just $6 billion back in 1970.
Source: Wikipedia, citing industry data (2018) en.wikipedia.org
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