More Than $1 Billion Spent on Food in County Businesses

The Somerset County Business Partnership has released data about the county as a whole, and how businesses are handled in relation to the 117,673 households in the county—and it looks like that equals more than $7 billion in retail sales.

The partnership released data on retail sales for 2009, and has determined that the total retail sales among businesses in Somerset County is $7,475,400,007.

A majority of those sales are in food and beverage facilities, with $1,356,492,015 spent.

The second highest sales are for motor vehicles and parts, with a total of $1,159,820,013 spent.

In general merchandise throughout the county, $508,976,002 was spent.

From there, $502,505,993 was spent in food service and drinking establishments.

Finally, $105,610,023 was spent in the county on furniture and appliances.

How does this compare to your vision of money spent throughout the county? What do you spend money on for the most part?