Quarter of consumers do not 'have time' for roast dinners
Research from an online provider of Range Cookers found that 24% of families sit down for a roast just once a year on Christmas Day (24%), while 25% cook one ‘only now and then’. While 12% claimed never to do so, 16% do once a week or more, 11% fortnightly and 12% monthly.
The meal most likely to be consumed as a family is a take away (53%).
Just 42% considered the traditional Sunday roast to be an important part of family life with 48% believing that ‘modern life has moved on’, 38% claiming that other meals have replaced the roast and 25% viewing it as old-fashioned.
Of reasons for not eating a roast 41% said they involve too much preparation, 39% blamed clashing family schedules and 21% said they did not like them.
Shame to shun the roast
"Sunday roasts used to be a staple part of most families’ weeks," said Andrew Longfield, director of rangecookers.co.uk. "Now though, it seems that this is on the decline as the pace of modern life takes over. Most of us are busy all week so take the opportunity to relax at weekends, which means that preparing a full on roast dinner isn’t often top of our list of priorities.
"It’s a bit of a shame though as sitting down together for a meal at least once a week is often a good method of family bonding, giving us the opportunity to take a break from the wider world."
The study polled 1,921 adults in the UK who lived in a household of at least three people to research into their cooking habits.
