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14th November 2019
01:53pm GMT
Of those surveyed, the reasons they gave for loving to eat alone are that they appreciate time by themselves, while others said that it cuts out the fuss of choosing a restaurant and they don't have to share food either.
Another study in Forbes also found that eating alone is getting more and more popular with 46 percent of Americans opted to eat out on their own.
The Forbes study noted: "Alone eating no longer connotes physical and social isolation. As consumers continue to redefine the concept of 'meal', alone eating has become a normal part of modern life.
"In certain settings (such as the workplace), alone eating has become so pervasive that many of us don’t realize we’re doing it — underscoring the ubiquitous behaviour that solitary eating has become."Explore more on these topics:
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