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 charts illustrate the

budgets

for

food

spent by ordinary families on restaurant

meals

, in percentages,

while

the graph demonstrates the number of

meals

consumed in both fast

food

and sit-down

restaurants

, both in different years.

Overall

, the percentage of the

food

budget spent on restaurant

meals

rose substantially by the year 2000.

Also

, a significant surge in the number of

meals

eaten at fast

food

restaurants

started in 1980 and continued.

To begin

, the pie charts reveal the gradual increase in the

budgets

spent on external

meals

,

as well as

the noticeable declines in home cooking

budgets

, from 1970 to 2000 with 10-year intervals. A five per cent increase only in

budgets

for external

meals

occurred between 1970 and 1980. The percentage of

budgets

spent on

restaurants

doubled and more in the next ten years, from 15% in 1980

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to 35% in 1980.

Further

, the percentage of the budget spent on home cooking was equal to the latter in 2000, as both were 50%.

In addition

, the number of

meals

eaten yearly at sit-down

restaurants

increased steadily and gradually over the 30-year period, from 20

meals

to approximately 50. Fast

food

,

on the other hand

, flourished as a dramatic surge started in 1980 and followed for the next few decades. Ultimately, around 90 fast

food

meals

were consumed yearly by 2000.