AR-News: sales of vegetarian foods

[A. Sachiko]

USA TODAY Snapshots

How much have retail sales of vegetarian foods grown in the last five years? 
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&cid=1622&t=1079099460

With supermarkets offering more tasty vegetarian options, U.S. retail sales of 
vegetarian foods and dairy alternatives grew 113% to $1.6 billion from 1998 to 
2003.(Mintel International/Charlotte E. Tucker and Chad Palmer)