11 May 2009
Mount Charles support National Sandwich Week. Mount Charles are supporting National Sandwich Week at varous units throughout the company, posters and special offers will be displayed with "Sandwich of the Day" offering new and exciting tastes.
DID YOU KNOW!
Approximately 2 billion sandwiches are purchased in the UK each year with the commercial market being worth approximately £3.5 billion – that’s huge – bigger than the UK pizza market which is only worth c £1 billion. Around another 2.67 billion sandwiches are eaten by way of lunchboxes which contain sandwiches and it’s thought that 6.24 billion sandwiches are made within the home taking the total amount of sandwiches made to 10.96 billion per year – that’s almost 200 sandwiches per person each year.
In short – not idiosyncratic – just business … . and relatively big business too. Also, when you think about all the other sectors involved – ingredient suppliers including farmers, bakers, processors, fishermen) packaging including canning factories, cellophane, paper bag manufacturers) distribution, sellers including sandwich shops, pubs, restaurants, train stations, petrol stations and numerous other outlets – a significant contributor to employment., according to The British Sandwich Association “The commercial sandwich in the UK employs in excess of 300,000 people – more than agriculture”.
What do we Brits prefer in our sandwiches? Top of the list comes chicken. Here’s the top 20 as sold in the UK…..of course, it doesn’t take into consideration what we may make at home:-
- Chicken Salad Sandwich
- Mixed Selection
- Chicken and bacon Sandwich
- Egg & Cress Sandwich
- Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwich
- Cheese & Onion Sandwich
- Ploughman's
- Prawn Mayonnaise Sandwich
- Tuna & Sweetcorn Sandwich
- Chicken Sandwich
- Cheese & Ham Sandwich
- Chicken & Stuffing Sandwich
- Chicken Caesar Sandwich
- Tuna & Cucumber Sandwich
- Cheese, Ham & Pickle Sandwich
- Egg & Bacon Sandwich
- Salmon & Cucumber Sandwich
- Cheese & Tomato Sandwich
- Hoisin Duck Sandwich
- Ham salad Sandwich
