Researchers described the UK as being stuck in a “pizza rut”, with busy Brits seeking easy meals, such as premade supermarket pizzas from the freezer or getting the dish from takeaways and home delivery apps.
Brits are in pizza addiction (stock)
Britain is in the grip of a pizza addiction – with some of us gorging on the Italian treat seven days a week. A bonkers one in 20 shovels down their favourite meal every single night, latest data shows.
And 57% chow down on their fave dish three times or more a week – with pizza the top pick. Researchers described the UK as being stuck in a “pizza rut”, with busy Brits seeking easy meals, such as premade supermarket pizzas from the freezer or getting the dish from takeaways and home delivery apps.
It comes as demand for the dish explodes, with Domino’s reporting sales of £393.3million in the first quarter of 2025 – up from 385.2million over the same period last year.
More than 44% of Brits like a Sunday roast every week (stock pic)(Image: Getty Images)
Meanwhile, the tradition of enjoying a Sunday roast is alive and well. More than 44% of Brits said they enjoyed a meal of roast beef or chicken every week.
It topped a poll of dishes that we tuck into on a weekly basis, found travel firm Hurtigruten.
Pizza came a close second with 43% of Brits gorging on the cheese-topped treat every week.
Fellow Italian dish spaghetti Bolognese is third, while curry and jacket potato round off the top five.
Fish fingers or nuggets from the freezer, burger, sausage and mash, stew and stir fry also make weekly appearances on many UK dinner tables.
The poll, which quizzed 2,000 Brits, said: “We’re a nation of comfort eaters with over half of Brits eating the same meal more than three days a week, with a dedicated 5% consuming the exact same dish every single day.
“The roast, pizza and spaghetti Bolognese reign supreme as the nation’s favourite weekly staples.”
Top 10 dishes Brits tuck into every weekRoast dinner (e.g. roast chicken, beef): 44.30%Pizza (store-bought or homemade): 43.30%Spaghetti Bolognese: 42.90%Curry: 35.45%Jacket potato with fillings: 35.40%Something quick from the freezer (e.g. nuggets, fish fingers): 33.45%Burgers (homemade or takeaway): 32.75%Sausage and mash: 31.80%Chicken or beef casserole/stew: 31.45%Stir fry: 29.95%