The charts below show the percentage of 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.

The pie chart provided above represents the proportion of

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expenditure of the moderate family in restaurants compared to homemade

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in

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period 1970

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2000. The second one is a graph showing the

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consumption of

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fast-

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matched

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meals matched

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to sit-down

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in the same timeframe.

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, it is crystal clear from the pie chart above that the proportion of

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gradually increased over the whole period. A similar trend with a rising fast-

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meals

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pattern was observed on the line graph. As it’s seen from the chart

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1970 home cooking

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a major occupancy of 90% over

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restaurant

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10%. By

1980

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1980,

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the

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meals

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a slight increase of 5%, becoming 15% in total

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85% of home-made

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. Close to 1990 the

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meals

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gained 20% extra popularity, and it stood at 35% to 65% of home

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2000

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the proportions of

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and home

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equaled

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and amounted to 50/50.

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, the line graph represents a different scenario

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that in

1970

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1970,

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the fast

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and sit-down restaurants

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an equal number of sales of 20

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each. By

1980

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1980,

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the homemade meal had a little higher

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just over 30 pieces. Later, in the

mid-80s

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mid-80s,

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these two competitors

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again

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this

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time it was just slightly lower than 40

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each. Toward the end of 80s fast

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takes over its opponent and ends up with

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55 to 45

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ratio respectively

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at

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1990.

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tendency continues

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on

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in

2000

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it has a dramatic turn, and the difference accounted for 35

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with

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the fast

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hitting 85.