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Family Food FYE 2022

Annual report on household purchases of food and drink.

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‘Family Food’ is an annual publication which provides detailed statistical information on purchased quantities and expenditure derived from both household and eating out food and drink. Data is collected for a sample of households in the United Kingdom using self-reported diaries of all purchases, including food eaten out, over a two week period. Where possible quantities are recorded in the diaries but otherwise estimated. Current estimates are based on data collected in the ‘Family Food Module of the Living Costs and Food Survey’.

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Updates to this page

Published 14 September 2023
Last updated 27 September 2023 + show all updates
  1. Edited the summary to clarify what the statistics were referring to.

  2. First published.

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