Roughly a fifth of the people polled now bring a flask and food to work to save money, and the average time spent on lunch has shrunk from a far-from-leisurely 33 minutes to an indigestion-inducing 19 minutes over the same period.
Movies aside, with their images of leisurely cafe and restaurant meals, the survey found that average time spent on a meal in France has dropped from 80 minutes in 1975 to 30 minutes today.