Maybe with the pace of life accelerating, the need for out of home meals increases too. I’m not saying that this is a good thing, but actually there are a lot of places that you can enjoy some nicely cooked food, not junk food. Of course cooking at home is more enjoyable to some extent, and it is a lot cheaper too. If these two things matter to you, there’s a good reason to start cooking for yourself.
is the pace increasing? People are creating far less than they did in the past and have a lot more free time on their hands. The pace of consumption is increasing however - but is that life?
I think generally observed, the life has changed for the last decades and the pace has increased a lot. The last downwards wick in the chart resembles the COVID crisis that took place everywhere and whole industries were shut down, including food industries. Well, after the gradual release of the restrictions we see a very fast increase meant in the last part of the chart. Maybe people try to keep up with everything that they missed lately and this results in a very quick uptrend. Furthermore the prices have risen recently with all the military conflicts, and this may result in increasing GDP percentage.
Of course this is not the reason of life. All the people have to rethink what makes them happy. I really miss seeing friends sometimes. It seems that before 5 or 10 years, we used to enjoy meeting with each other a lot more frequently and enjoy various activities. I really miss some aspects of life from the past.