Americans Spent Over USD7bn on Potato Chips in 2015

Americans spent USD7.5bn on potato chips in 2015, or an average of roughly USD 23 for every man,woman and child, according to a recent report by Packaged Facts, a market research publisher.

According to the USDA, potato chips are the most eaten form of potatoes in American homes. In fact, sales at American restaurants and bars surpassed those at grocery stores in 2015, for the first time ever, since data collection by the US Department of Commerce started in 1992.

Globally, fast food generates more than USD570bn in revenues, which is on par with Sweden's total gross domestic product (GDP) at its peak in 2013 and 2014.

In the United States, fast food revenues hit USD200bn in 2015, a staggering climb over the USD6bn in revenues in 1970, according to an industry analysis by FranchiseHelp.com. That equates to about USD 625 per person in the country, spent at fast food restaurants for the year.