date:Apr 16, 2013
spending went to alcoholic beverages, while only 5 per cent of household spending was on non-alcoholic beverages.
For meals at home, the largest percentage of household spending on a specific category was on meat (about 10 per cent). The 2009-10 figure is roughly the same as spending on meat in 1998-99, but a drop from an increase to about 12 per cent of household spending in 2003-04.
Cereal products such as bread, cakes and cereals were just behind meat as a percentage of household spending,