Eating out is on the increase in UK

by Andrew Barrow, Posted Feb 15th 2006 @ 4:46PM

British consumers are Europe's biggest spenders on eating out. They are expected to spend more than £300 each on eating out over the coming year. That is more than twice as much as Spain, a country, at least from a British point of view, that is reknown as a country that eats out.

It has been estimated that Britains consume nearly 3 billion less main meals at home with breakfast being the most frequently missed meal. Eating "on the go" is increasing.

This occurs despite prices having risen by over 137% since 1987. Interestingly ,restaurants in the Egon Ronay guide have not kept pace having risen 93%.

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Filed Under: Trends, Chefs & Restaurants, Restaurants
Tags: british isles, dinner, eating out, EatingOut, food and drink, FoodAndDrink, restaurants

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Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)

2-16-2006 @4:47AM Alex said... Where does the stat about the average Brit spending �300 a year on eating out come from? I've read the thisismoney article but can't find any reference to this ... just curious ...
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