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Do celebrity chefs have a positive or negative effect on the industry?

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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