Whatever you call them – it’s time to celebrate the not so humble sandwich during British Sandwich and Food To Go week, 21st to 27^th May 2023.

The definition of a sandwich is ‘an item of food consisting of two pieces of bread with a filling between them, eaten as a light meal’. It’s a well known fact that an 18^th century English nobleman helped to popularise the snack – so much so that it eventually took on his name (the 4^th Earl of Sandwich, otherwise known as John Montagu).

Today, the world-beating British sandwich industry is worth over £8bn a year with an estimated 15% of Brits’ household expenditure going towards eating out or taking away meals.

The Eating Better Organisation, who regularly takes the temperature on where people are on the journey to sustainable eating, undertook a public poll – ‘Sandwiches Unwrapped 2022’. This found the following fascinating sandwich facts:

94% of people eat sandwiches for lunch.

64% of people buy lunch to go at least once a week.

Nearly half of people eat vegetarian or vegan sandwiches.

Price is the biggest priority for people when choosing to buy sandwiches.

Over a third of people want sandwiches to be healthy

Why not upscale your sandwich offer with a countertop panini grill/sandwich maker from Infernus. Ribbed top and bottom, this twin head model gives you the additional capacity for cooking steaks, burgers, paninis, and toasted sandwiches without you needing to monitor its progress and turn the food over.