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Factfile: The facts and figures we’ve found this week
Here is a round-up of some weird and wonderful facts, we've stumbled across this week...
87% of hospitality businesses use locally sourced produce on their menus.
62% of those businesses are making their customers aware of that.
90% of firms in Europe make flexible working available; in the UK that figure is just 48%
One in five offices in the UK allow employees to work from home
Every year we consume 130,000 tonnes of tea of which 95% is in teabags.
67 Norwegian outlets serve salmon wraps in McDonalds
16,500 people will be employed at Heathrow Terminal 5
Cold tea is good for taking the sting out of sunburn
One tea bush takes five days to produce one teabag
Food prices have risen by 5%; twice the rate of inflation
89% of diners believe wobbly tables should be abolished from restaurants
The average household expenditure for food is 8.9%
Forty years ago expenditure for food was a whopping 22.3%
53% of diners would tolerate the use of mobile phones in restaurants
Words Clare Riley
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