Pizza lovers spend more than £50,000 on food over lifetime

PIZZA fans will spend a staggering £52,924 on the food over their lifetime.

A poll of 2,000 adults who regularly purchase the popular dish found they'll eat it seven times a month on average.

This includes a combination of takeaway and shop-bought pizzas – amounting to £70 a month or more than £750 a year.

And those residing in the North East tuck into it more than anywhere else in the UK - enjoying nine pies a month.

Commissioned by Chicago Town, the study also found 35% consider the dish to be the UK’s favourite fast food.

However, the study found slow delivery times and poor-quality service mean more and more pizza fans are opting for a home cooked version.

Rachel Bradshaw, spokesperson for Chicago Town Takeaway pizza, said: “Pizza is all about getting together.

"Whether it’s a midweek treat with the family, or with friends over a game of football at the weekend.”

More than half (56%) said they generally wait an hour or more for their takeaway treat and just 7% feel it always arrives on time, without fail.

And half usually receive pizza that is ‘warm or lukewarm’, with only 5% getting theirs over the threshold ‘piping hot’.

As many as 80% of those polled through OnePoll have also had a pizza or cancelled mysteriously somewhere between the takeaway shop and their home.

Money spent on takeaway pizzas by the average pizza fan:

In a lifetime: £42,487
In a year: £675
A month: £56

Money spent on shop-bought pizzas by the average pizza fan:

In a lifetime: £10,437
In a year: £166
In a month: £14

Total lifetime spend: £52,924