For anyone who’s lived elsewhere and tracks a household food budget, this may not come as a surprise: Mainers spend about 34 percent more to put food on the table than the typical American.
Mainers spend a lot on food – according to the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis, more per capita than residents of other states, with the exception of Vermont and Alaska.
The BEA recently reported that Mainers spent $3,736 per capita in 2014 on what the bureau calls food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption, otherwise known as groceries. Vermonters spent $4,104 per person and Alaskans spent $3,924, while New Hampshire followed just behind Maine at $3,635. The national average is $2,780.
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