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Britain may have been built on meat and two veg, but dinners such as beef stews, shepherd’s pies and roasts are falling out of favour, as Brits eat in a more ‘mezze’ or tapas style.
Classic breakfasts such as the Full English are also under threat, according to the poll, as a third of Brits now rarely eat three meals a day – and 90 percent have replaced bigger meals with smaller, more frequent snacks.
Overall, as many as half of the 2,000 Brits surveyed by The Laughing Cow, say they are currently following a ‘little-and-often diet’, tucking into smaller snacks, on average, at least seven times a day.
As a result a number of traditional breakfast dishes are falling out of favour with the Full English (43%) among the breakies which are disappearing from tables across the country – and boiled eggs and soldiers (32% also on the decline.)
Those polled say they are currently following a ‘little-and-often diet’, tucking into smaller snacks, on average, at least seven times a day
With one in four admitting they would rather dip in and out of the fridge than sit down to a hot meal in the evening, it’s no surprise that many classic dinners are vanishing from dinner tables, including toad-in-the-hole (43%), beef stews (36%), shepherd’s pie (26%) and roast chicken (21%).
Holding firm against the tides of Gen-Z change is Rowntree’s Cafe in Manchester City Centre.
Manchester has plenty of new traders offering foods in vogue such as smashed avocado bagels, shakshuka’s and oat milk lattes but Rowntree’s Cafe says that sometimes all workers in the city centre want is hearty simplicity.
The cafe, where you can scoop a ‘Big Breakfast’ for £6.50 and a coffee for £2.20, has been serving Mancunians for 45 years.
Speaking to MailOnline, Lui from the cafe said: ‘There’s not many place like us left in Manchester. There’s plenty of new coffee shops and restaurants and new things starting up all the time- but we’re still here’.
He said that people ‘from all backgrounds and ages’ visit their store in the Arndale Centre, with families, tradespersons and workers in the city all enjoying their traditional menu.
The classic fry-up may be in danger of dying out, as health conscious Gen-Z shun the fatty and time-consuming dish
While Lui said ‘business is always getting harder with new competition coming in’, the cafe has an army of regulars of all ages who still want a ‘proper meal’ and those who started coming in as kids now ‘pass their love of the cafe on to their children and friends’.
In the survey, the majority of those polled believe the idea of three, rigid mealtimes doesn’t work with modern lifestyles, thanks to people eating when they are hungry rather than at set times, a lack of time and being too busy to cook.
UK women are more likely to adopt this eating pattern than men – over half – compared to 43 percent of the men polled.
The research revealed 31% say working from home means they can eat when they want, and eight in ten say the daily struggle of what to cook has produced meal plan fatigue.
And it may be a healthier approach – as the rise of popularity of intermittent fasting means 89 percent of Brits say they feel more satisfied and energised as a result of eating smaller amounts, more frequently.
