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The attempt to analyze the shape of preferences in consumption of some selected foodstuffs in both urban and rural households has been made in the article. The analysis was based on the GUS micro-economic data concerning individual Polish household budgets. The econometric model of expenditures and consumption with the demand function was used as a tool in this study. It resulted from the research that consumption preferences for foodstuffs are differentiated between urban and rural households and also according to the magnitude of a locality in which a household is located. The smaller the locality the higher expenditures on flour, meat, milk, eggs, oil, fats and sugar, but the smaller those on yogurt, fruit juices, vegetables and cheese. This is an effect of both income situation and nutrition habits of the population. The same rule has been revealed as far as the consumption levels of these products were concerned.