Eating Out Takes Big
Share of Food Dollar
Is a good home-cooked
meal a thing of the past? Not
quite. But it’s a fact we’re
spending an ever-growing
share of our food dollar in
away-from-home eating
places.
Of each dollar consumers
laid out for U.S. farm foods
in 1973, 29 cents went to
public eating places and
institutions, up from 24 cents
10 years ago. Put another
way, we spent $38.3 billion
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GEORGE F. DELONG
Eastern Lancaster Co.
Melvin Herr
RR2 New Holland. Pa 17557
Ph- 717-354-5977
North Western
Earl B. Cinder
RD2 Manheim, Pa. 17545
Phone 717-665-3126
Southwestern Lancaster Co.
Ben Greenawait
RD2 Conestoga. Pa. 17516
Ph: 717-872-5686
eating out last year, and
$93.9 billion eating at home.
Public eating places in
clude restaurants,
cafeterias, snack bars, and
other eating places operated
mainly for profit.
Altogether, they accounted
for over |29 billion of farm
food expenditures last year,
about three-fourths of the
away-from-home market.
Institutions - including
schools, colleges, hospitals,
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i. H. Moore
1213 Zorba Drive
Whitehall. Pa 18052
Ph. 215-432-5987
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Cy Arnold
739 Rosewood Drive
Douglasville, Pa. 19518
Ph 215-385-6249
Western Lancaster Co.
A. L. Wertman
413 Locust St
Columbia. Pa. 17513
Ph. 717-6848768
rest and nursing homes, and
airlines - served nearly $9
billion worth of food in 1973.
Until recently, institutional
sales were growing faster
than public eating places.
But decreased school
enrollment and a decline in
hospital patients over the
past 3 years have slowed the
growth.
It costs more to market
food served away from home
than in the home. Last year,
marketing costs absorbed
over three-fourths of the
expenditures associated with
away-from-home eating, but
only 57 percent of the at
home consumer ex
penditures. This reflects the
added cost of preparing and
serving food consumed away
from home, compared to raw
or semiprepared foods sold
for at-home consumption.
Food groups vary in im
portance between at-home
and away-from-home
markets, depending on the
types of meals served.
A larger proportion of
breakfasts and dinners is
served at home than in
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William Windle
RDI
Atglen, Pa. 19310
Ph- 215-593-6143
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Roger Heller
RD#l
Robesoma, Pa
Ph 215-693-6160
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Marvin Meyer
RD2, Box 157
Annville, Pa. 17003
Ph 717-867-1445
The Maryland Department
of Agriculture is advising
horse owners and others
associated with equine ac
tivities of the possible
contamination with anthrax
spores of from 5,000 to 10,000
“Alaskan Hair Saddle
Pads,” sold nationwide since
January, 1974. Anthrax
represents a threat to both
human and animal health.
The pads, manufactured
by the Perforated Pad
Company, Woonsocket,
Rhode Island, contain im
ported hair, utilized in
manufacturing the saddle
cloth, which is the source of
the anthrax spore. The pads,
ranging in size from 26 to 28
inches to 30 by 30 inches and
from three-quarters to one
restaurants, while a larger
share of lunches is served
away from home. Fruits and
vegetables account for one
fourth of food consumed at
home and only one-tenth of
expenditures away from
home, since they are served
more often with full meals
than with typical sandwich
type lunches.
In both markets, the
largest slice of expenditures
went for meat products.
However, meatmade up a
larger proportion of all food
consumed away from home
than at home.
The commodity mix also
varies depending on where
the food is served. Public
eating places serve a greater
proportion of meat than
institutions, while fruits and
vegetables are more im
portant in institutions.
Again, differences in
shares of meal types served
account mainly for the
varying mix of expenditures.
Other food items, such as
poultry, bakery, dairy, and
other products, vary less
between the two markets.
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Horse Advisory Group Meets
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Dec. 7.1974
inch thick, present one side
of cotton duck quilt and the
other greyish-black animal
hair. A small blue label
Includes the name of the
manufacturer and one of the
following six style numbers:
238.238 R, 500, 500 R, 832, and
832 R.
While it is not thought that
any danger presently exists,
as most of the pads have
been recalled, anyone
having purchased the
product since January, 1974,
are advised to place and seal
it in a double plastic bag and
contact the county health
department for disposal
instructions. No attempt
should be made to sterilize,
incinerate or otherwise
dispose of the pad because of
serious contamination risks.
The manufacturer of the
saddle pads voluntarily
agreed to refund the price of
the pad to all purchasers.
Consumers who have pur
chased one or more of these
pads since January, 1974,
should contact the retailer
from whom it was bought to
obtain a refund.
In humans, anthrax in
fections may start with a
blister or pustule and can
develop into a depressed
area of dead tissue with a
dark crust. Fever and other
symptoms may not appear
until the disease is severe.
The Animal Health Sec
tion, Maryland Department
of Agriculture, reports that
anthrax in animals is not
uncommon in the United
States. Anthrax symptoms in
horses include fever, chills,
colic, loss of appetite,
depression and muscular
weakness. It affects all
livestock, household pets and
birds.
An acute febrile disease, it
can be fatal for humans as
well as animals if untreated.
It is transmissible from a
product bearing anthrax
spores through skin contact,
inhalation or from ingestion
or contaminated food. It is,
however, not contagious and,
if treated in time, a cure can
be effected.
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