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Americans consumed more than 13 billion hamburgers in 2003. More than 7 of every 10 hamburgers (73% or 9.6 billion) consumed in the U.S. were prepared and purchased out of the home. Saturday is the biggest hamburger day for restaurants, with 1.4 billion hamburgers eaten on Saturdays in 2003. June is the biggest hamburger month for restaurants, with nearly 800 million burgers ordered and eaten from restaurants in this month in 2003. 7 out of every 10 hamburgers that Americans ordered in restaurants included cheese (73% of all hamburgers ordered or 5.8 billion cheeseburgers). Hamburger is the most popular food for the grill, followed by steak and chicken. 1 out of every 5 times Americans fire up the grill, it's to cook a hamburger. |
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