Show food F midget budget often includes chides noite nonfood non food items have you been eating cig ar arrettes aret ettes tei knives gass seed need toy stockings Bloc kings or maybe a little phonograph record now and then it if not then your household food budget is apt to be b weighted down with items item that have no relation to your food dollar says elna miller nutritionist specialist with the extension services service at logan utah the changing complexion of grocery store inventories calbes some gome people to think they are getting much less mileage front from their food budget many consumers think they are spending a lot for food when actually many of the things they pick up at the supermarket and put on the food budget are not really food items the truth is the average 1000 1960 food chopper spends only 21 percent of his take home pay on food in the 1047 1947 40 49 period the average family spent 25 20 26 percent ot of its income for food way back in the 1035 1935 39 period it was as 23 percent two percent higher than now I 1 stop to think about all the things today 5 supermarkets carry that are not food miss miller suggests garden materials te rials kitchen utensils cleaning materials material sh magazines and other special items are easy to get on the food bill these additional items cost money food money but they don t belong in the food budget the alio specialist says |