Workers return to packed lunches to cope with rising cost of living

The trend of preparing a packed lunch is particularly pronounced among younger workers (Alamy/PA) -

Office workers are increasingly returning to packed lunches as they seek to protect household budgets from the rising cost of living, a survey has suggested.

Almost half of UK professionals (46%) now take a packed lunch to work more frequently than they did a year ago, the poll for online grocer Ocado found.