This statistic shows the results of a biennial survey asking British adults (who eat lunch at work) whether they bring their own lunch to work more or less often than previously in Great Britain, from 2009 to 2017. In 2017, 39 percent of respondents said they take their lunch to work more often while 14 percent take it less often.
For lunch at work, do you bring your own lunch more often or less often, or have you made no change?
Characteristic
No change
More often
Less often
2009
58%
32%
10%
2011
54%
33%
13%
2013
51%
39%
9%
2015
55%
34%
10%
2017
47%
39%
14%
0%25%50%75%100%125%
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Bord Bia. (June 1, 2017). For lunch at work, do you bring your own lunch more often or less often, or have you made no change? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/303741/frequency-change-in-adults-taking-own-lunch-to-work-in-great-britain/
Bord Bia. "For lunch at work, do you bring your own lunch more often or less often, or have you made no change?." Chart. June 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/303741/frequency-change-in-adults-taking-own-lunch-to-work-in-great-britain/
Bord Bia. (2017). For lunch at work, do you bring your own lunch more often or less often, or have you made no change?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/303741/frequency-change-in-adults-taking-own-lunch-to-work-in-great-britain/
Bord Bia. "For Lunch at Work, Do You Bring Your Own Lunch More Often or Less Often, or Have You Made No Change?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/303741/frequency-change-in-adults-taking-own-lunch-to-work-in-great-britain/
Bord Bia, For lunch at work, do you bring your own lunch more often or less often, or have you made no change? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/303741/frequency-change-in-adults-taking-own-lunch-to-work-in-great-britain/ (last visited May 27, 2025)
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