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. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The four pie charts illustrate the proportion of

food

budget

spent on

restaurant

meals

and home cooking for every family from 1970 to 2000 and the line graph displays different numbers of

meals

taken in fast

food

and

sitdown

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restaurants from 1970 to 2000 respectively. As the charts show, the rate of

restaurant

meals

'

budget

occupied 10% and the rate of home cooking's

budget

took up 90% in 1970, followed by the proportion of money spent on canteen

meals

was 15% in 1980. After the proportion of their

food

budget

spent on

meals

outdoor

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for every family occupied 35%, it hit

a

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equal point, which means that the rate of

restaurant

meals

'

budget

and home cooking's

budget

were the same in 2000. When it comes to the linear graph, the

number

of

meals

taken in fast

food

canteen and the

number

of

sitdown

restaurant

meals

started at the same point, which is 20 in 1970.

Then

the

amount

of

sitdown

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restaurant

meals

surpassed the

amount

of fast

food

meals

to about 33% in 1980.

However

, the

amount

of take-away

food

meals

grew faster than the

amount

of

sitdown

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restaurant

meals

to around 53% in 1990, before the

number

of take-away

food

meals

ascended to around 90% in 2000. To summarise, the percentage of

food

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budget

spent on canteen

meals

and the

number

of fast

food

and

sitdown

restaurant

meals

all revealed

a

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increasing trajectory.