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Pounds of food the average American family throws away per year: 467.2
Dollar amount the average American family spends on food they throw away: 589.76
Total dollar amount Americans spend on food they throw away: 43,052,480,000

Percentage of fruit the average full service restaurants throw away per day: 37.6
Pounds in grain the average full service restaurants throw away per day: 65.37
Combined pounds in food full service restaurants throw away per day: 49,296,540

Percentage of veggies the average convenience store throws away per day: 24.4
Combined pounds in veggies convenience stores throw away per day: 2,424,372
Combined pounds in food convenience stores throw away per day: 5,054,310

Percentage of fruit the average fast food restaurants throw away per day: 79
Pounds of meat the average fast food restaurants throw away per day: 140.28
Total combined pounds of fruit fast food restaurants throw away per day: 6,877,063
Total combined pounds of meat fast food restaurants throw away per day: 30,128,497
Combined pounds of food fast food restaurants throw away per day: 85,063,390

Percentage of meat the average supermarket throws away per day: .04
Pounds of veggies the average supermarket throws away per day: 65.94
Percentage of veggies the average supermarket throws away per day: .99
Combined pounds of food Supermarkets throw away per day: 8,064,421

Total amount in pounds the retail sector - fast food, full service, supermarket and convenience stores - throw away per day: 147,478,661
Total amount in pounds the retail sector - fast food, full service, supermarkets and convenience stores - throw away per year: 57,000,000,000

(“Using Contemporary Archaeology and Applied Anthropology to Understand Food Loss in the American Food System,” Timothy W. Jones, PhD – www.communitycompost.org/info/usafood.pdf)