Abstract: Early statistical data on US food consumption, prices, and expenditures are revised and updated through 1980 for food statisticians and food program administrators.Highlights of the survey results are given in an introductory section; these include: 1) Food retail prices rose 8.6% in 1980, while consumer food expenditures rose 10.8%; 2) The percentage of disposable income spent on food remained unchanged at 16.6%; 3) Consumption/capita for all foods fell slightly (to 1408 lbs.); 4) Record pork on offset a decreased consumption of beef, resulting in an increase in meat/capita consumed; 5) Whole milk consumption/capita declined in 1980 by 6.9 lbs from 1979; 6) Fresh fruit and vegetable consumption increased, with a decline in the consumption of processed items; and the use of corn sweeteners increased almost 5 lbs./capita, offsetting decreased uses of cane and beet sugar. Most of the data are presented in tabular form. (wz).

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Overall, this first volume in the series should render business research in manufacturing a good deal easier by bringing together insightful industry histories and detailed critical bibliographies. This series has much to recommend it. Future volumes will be eagerly awaited. Reference Books Bulletin This historical and bibliographical reference work is the first volume of Greenwood Press's Handbook of American Business History, a series intended to supplement current bibliographic materials pertaining to business history. Devoted to manufacturing, this work uses the Enterprise Standard Industrial Classification (ESIC) to divide the subject into distinct segments, from which contributors have developed histories and bibliographies of the different types of manufacturing. Though authors were given sets of guidelines to follow, they were also allowed the flexibility to work in a format that best suited the material. Each contribution in this volume contains three important elements: a concise history of the manufacturing sector, a bibliographic essay, and a bibliography. Some contributions appear in three distinct parts, while others are combined into one or two segments; all build on currently available material for students and scholars doing research on business and industry. The contributors, who include business, economic, and social historians, as well as engineers and lawyers, have covered such topics as bakery products, industrial chemicals and synthetics, engines and turbines, and household appliances. Also included are an introductory essay that covers general works and a comprehensive index. This book should be a useful tool for courses in business and industry, and a valuable resource for college, university, and public libraries.