A Bigger Slice of the Action

Whichever way you slice it, sandwiches are a big part of a pub's food trade. Sandwiches are big business in pubs. Baguettes and bloomers, doorsteps and toasties, wraps and paninis - the combinations are endless.Facts and figures

Figures compiled by TNS for the British Sandwich Association show:

More than 62 per cent of the population buy a sandwich at least once a year

Wraps account for four per cent of total sandwich sales, baguettes for 10 per cent

One third of the market in value is accounted for by 25 to 34-year-olds

55 per cent of sandwiches eaten at home are consumed at lunchtime.

Another 14 per cent are eaten at breakfast, 13 per cent are eaten at tea, 11 per cent at the evening meal and seven per cent as part of a snack

Another 2.67 billion sandwiches are made for lunch boxes

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