Brown bagging saves money
Posted Feb 21, 2012 12:56 pm.
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A new survey has found an increasing number of people are cutting back on away-from-home lunch purchases.
Technomic conducted a recent survey, asking Canadians about their lunch-time eating habits.
37 per cent say they are either eating lunch at home or bringing it with them to the office.
The Director of Consumer Research with Technomic tells 660News, the brown bagging trend is something that began following the recession, when people we’re looking for ways to cut back on their discretionary spending.
Sara Monnettee says just over 40 per cent said they do purchase lunch from a restaurant or a food kiosk at least once a week.
She says the cutback in lunch-time spending is not all bad, forcing operators to find new items to add to their menu’s namely Asian and Mediterranean fair.
