The old adage of ëthereís no such thing as a free lunchí certainly rings true as research reveals that the British workforce spends a staggering 162 million on lunch every day.
The survey released today by The Co-operative Insurance Personal Pensions shows that each person spends an average of 5.503 per day, which equates to 1,265 per year or 50,600 in a lifetime.
Additionally, the research shows that only just over a quarter (29 per cent) of the 3,200 people questioned take a packed lunch to work with them. Two-fifths (41 per cent) of the British workforce purchase their lunch from the local supermarket while one in seven (14 per cent) prefer to stay close to the grindstone and visit the staff canteen.
Whatís more, one tenth (12 per cent) get their lunchtime fix from a sandwich bar with less than a fifth (4 per cent) choosing to go for the fast food option, which is great news for the nationís ever expanding waistline.
And when it comes to the daily lunchtime fix it seems less a case of bringing home the bacon than taking the bacon to work as official statistics show that the Great British favourite is a BLT sandwich with a banana and a packet of crisps washed down with a caf latte. If everybody took the time to make their own BLT sandwich at home and substituted the expensive caffeine option for water, they could save 4.36 every day which equates a total saving of over 1,000 per year.
Danny Hurley, Head of Pensions at The Co-operative Insurance said: ìLike most people in the rat race who cannot get through the day without a cafe latte and the luxury of strolling down to the nearest delicatessen for their favourite lunchtime treat, getting up earlier to make sandwiches isnít easy to digest and just doesn't sit well with the lifestyle of todayís generation of blue collar workers.
ìHowever people may not realise that by being a little bit more savvy with simple things like making their sandwiches at home which is as easy as pie, they could be 13,8006 better off per year when it comes to retirement.î
Anyone interested in the Individual Personal Pension should contact 08456 46 46 46 to arrange an appointment with a The Co-operative Insurance Financial Adviser. 
There's no such thing as a free lunch
162 million spent on lunch every day!
