1. Work at Lunch vs. Lunch at Work
Shirley Breaux + Hannah Thompson

2. Where does the
time go?
The trend that we are
identifying is the lunch hour.
We are focusing on the
decreasing amount of time
spent while eating lunch.

3. How It Evolved

4. Before
People would take long hourly lunches where they would drink and be
unproductive the rest of the day.

5. More Recently
Unemployment rate has
been on the rise since 2000. *

6. Hypothesis
People are constantly
attached to electronics
causing people to graze
instead of sitting down
to leisurely lunches. With
all the new technologies
today people feel the
need to be constantly
reachable, especially
the working class.

7. The idea of lunch as we know it is DEAD.
People’s lifestyles are rapidly changing, the concept of lunch is becoming more of a short
break. Lunch is becoming the new smoke break.

8. Forces at Work
We are currently in a recession and the unemployment rate as of April 2012 is 8.1%.

9. Now
There are many
pressures at jobs today,
including that of always
looking busy and being
productive.

10. Now
People want to get home to their families.

11. Product Trends
Convenience foods
- quick, easy food
that satisfy you and
make you “fuller for
longer”
- portable, on the go

12. Product Trends Eating in front of your
computer while doing
work and talking on the
phone is an example
of how our culture in
constantly multitasking.

13. Product Trends
Sit down
traditional leisure
lunch

14. Food trucks
- gourmet foods on the go
Product Trends - grazing

15. Sub Cultures
Celebrities have always been
a culture where many people
find inspiration from. People
like to follow what celebrities
are doing and now it is even
easier to see how they eat
their lunch by following them
on twitter.

16. Subcultures
CEO and presidents
of companies set an
example for the rest of
the people in the office.
If they are not taking a
lunch then the rest of the
office will not be taking a
lunch.

17. Actionable Insights
A lunch break as we know it
will not exist.

18. Restaurants that offer lunch will
Actionable Insights have to offer some kind of other
incentive to pull people in.

19. Actionable Insights
This could make employees
more productive because they
are refreshed and ready to work.

20. Thank You
Hannah Thompson
+
Shirley Breaux