{"id":732245,"date":"2010-05-24T12:16:38","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T16:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"tag:consumerist.com,2010:\/\/1.10006973"},"modified":"2010-05-24T13:43:54","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T17:43:54","slug":"does-your-city-spend-a-lot-on-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/732245","title":{"rendered":"Does Your City Spend A Lot On Eating?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/05\/torchytacos-thumb-300x158-40610.jpg?w=780\">         <\/p>\n<p>When it comes to spending on munching and swigging, how do you think your city stacks up? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bundle.com\/article\/Food-DrinkDining-OutBundle-Spending-food-drink-America-10578\" >Bundle crunched the numbers<\/a> and turned it into a plump and juicy infographic, served up piping hot inside&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"foodanddrinkspending.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/foodanddrinkspending.jpg?resize=652%2C2076\" width=\"652\" height=\"2076\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everything is bigger in Texas, so perhaps it&#8217;s no surprise that Austin came  out on top, with $12,447 spent per household per year. Five average Detroit households, the nation&#8217;s lowest spenders, can eat on one Austinite&#8217;s food budget. The most home-cookingest city? Hialeah, Florida. They spend 69% of their budget on groceries. Oddly for a place known for its unique take on dishes, Chicago is only a few slots above the national average.<\/p>\n<p>What interesting or unexpected trends can you spot? How does your city rank? Are you throwing the curve for your whole city? Leave your thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>For more analysis and info about methodology, check out Bundle&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bundle.com\/article\/Food-DrinkDining-OutBundle-Spending-food-drink-America-10578\" >The truth about food spending in America<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to spending on munching and swigging, how do you think your city stacks up? Bundle crunched the numbers and turned it into a plump and juicy infographic, served up piping hot inside&#8230; Everything is bigger in Texas, so perhaps it&#8217;s no surprise that Austin came out on top, with $12,447 spent per [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3568,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-732245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-34up","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3568"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}