Let’s celebrate National Sandwich Week

Vending machines up and down the country and in those operated by UKVending are usually filled with delicious sandwiches and other wonderful treats. Today marks the start of National Sandwich Week, a nationwide celebration of all things sandwich, so we thought we’d ask the question, ‘what is Great Britain’s favourite sandwich filling?”

The most recent survey  by the British Sandwich Association found that the following were the top sandwiches:

1. Chicken and bacon

2. Prawn mayonnaise

3. BLT

4. Chicken salad

5. Ploughman’s

6. Egg and cress

7. Chicken and stuffing

8. Southern fried chicken

9. Tuna and sweetcorn

What about the most popular ingredients by volume? According to the BSA the United Kingdom sandwich market consumes:

1. 43,000 tonnes chicken/year

2. 16,000 tonnes cheese/year

3. 15,000 tonnes ham/year

4. 14,000 tonnes egg/year

5. 7,000 tonnes bacon/year

6. 6,250 tonnes prawns/year

7. 6,250 tonnes tuna/year

8. 3,000 tonnes salmon/year