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Brits are consuming 50 per cent more takeaways than pre-Covid amid the rise of food delivery apps like Deliveroo and Just Eat.
A 'drastic shift' has seen fast food outlets overtake pubs and restaurants as the our main source of meals prepped outside the home.
Anti-obesity campaigners warned the findings from the Institute for Fiscal Studies showed takeaways were now 'taking over our high street', with junk 'unavoidable'.
The findings mirror a trend seen on Britain's high streets in recent years, with the demise of pubs coinciding with the rise of cheap fast food outlets offering pizzas, kebabs and burgers.
In Tamworth, Staffordshire, the Tweeddale Arms pub and B&B, was once famed for its real ales and home-cooked food.
In Tamworth, Staffordshire, the Tweeddale Arms pub and B&B, was once famed for its real ales and home-cooked food
The pub closed due to falling footfall and changing drinking habits and it is now a Domino’s pizza takeaway
The Wheatsheaf pub in Nottingham (pictured) has also been converted to a McDonald’s. Almost 30 pubs are closing every week because of high energy costs and punters having less disposable cash. Yet, data suggests fast food outlets are still increasing in prevalence
A 'drastic shift' has seen fast food outlets overtake pubs and restaurants as the our main source of meals prepped outside the home. Pictured, the converted Wheatsheaf pub in Nottingham
The pub closed due to falling footfall and changing drinking habits and it is now a Domino’s pizza takeaway.
The Wheatsheaf pub in Nottingham has also been converted to a McDonald’s.
Almost 30 pubs are closing every week because of high energy costs and punters having less disposable cash. Yet, data suggests fast food outlets are still increasing in prevalence.
Elsewhere across the country, high street retailers have been replaced by dessert bars and gourmet takeaway doughnut shops.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis estimated the average UK adult consumed about 270 calories a week from takeaways pre-pandemic.
This increased to 395 calories a week during the first lockdown in 2020, when restaurants, pubs and cafes were forced to close in efforts to curb the spread of Covid.
During the third national lockdown in England in 2021, calorie consumption from takeaways ballooned further to an average of 470 week as more restaurants and pubs switched to accommodate takeaway orders.
Despite the easing of restrictions, however, these levels endured at around 400 calories a
