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Old 06-29-2025, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
The "data" is based on people aged 21 and older who answered the survey. That means people 20 and under weren't counted at all, even though they are all "consumers" of groceries (except babies who are being breast-fed). What that also means, is that a person doing the grocery shopping for their family of 6, is including the other 5 people in their budget. That shopper is the "consumer" - more accurately named the "buyer."

These aren't "per-person" totals. They're "per household" totals, in other words.
How do you know that? 'Shopper' and 'consumer' are not the same. It's not what the survey results said.