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Article: Pizza drives cheese consumption.(Brief Article)
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- The Food Institute Report
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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A typical consumer eats 30 pounds of cheese per year, far more than the 6-pound annual average of 1944, mainly because many restaurants and eateries are including it in various dishes, according to USDA. About 20% or 35% of cheese consumption is through grocery stores, with the rest in various outlets--hotels, restaurants and fast food outlets, according to Don Blayney, a USDA economist, reported The Sacramento Bee (Aug. 23).
Pizza is largely behind the jump in cheese consumption, noted Blayney. In 1990, pizzerias purchased $1.4 billion worth of pizza cheese. By last ...