Eating out attitude of UK
1. The reason for eating out:
– In Britain, going out for a meal is almost always done to mark an occasion: a birthday, a
reunion, an anniversary.
2. Eating out frequency:
– A detailed analysis of Paymentsense’s customer base of over 70,000 businesses, plus
interviews with 350 British restaurant owners and 2,085 consumers reveals that adults eat
out in Great Britain each year on 2.4 billion occasions. Young people are most likely to
eat out with couples and under 35’s eating out once a week.
– The research shows clearly that young people are most likely to eat out. Almost half of
young families, young couples and people under 35 living in shared accommodation say
they eat out once a week. That proportion falls to a quarter for empty nesters or retirees.
– 35 million UK adults eat breakfast out every year, with the demand twice as strong for
millennials. 94% of people dine out in the evening, lunch is almost as popular, and
breakfast and brunch attract 35 million adults each year. The demand for breakfast is
twice as strong amongst millennials.
