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.
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%.
12. Product Trends
-Hot Bar at many food
markets around NYC
and many others cities.
-Garden of Eden, Union
Square
13. 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.
15. Product Trends
Lunch at this restaurant
can take hourse, there
is a minimum of 20
small dishes when you
eat here. (Located in
Copenhagen)
16. Product Trends
OUTSTANDING IN THE FIELD,
QUEENS FARM
Farm tour + lunch
“We want to take the farm-to-
table movement a step further
and bring a table-to-farm to
guests for Outstanding in the
Field.”
Tue, Sep 18: 3:00pm - 9:00pm
17. Product Trends
Food for Thought, the
popular lunch-and-lecture
series at the Fenimore Art
Museum
Food for Thought programs
are held on Wednesday from
12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
18. Food trucks
- gourmet foods on the go
Product Trends - grazing
19. 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.
20. The culture of people who
Sub Cultures use Foursquare. They use it to
check into places and keep
track of where they have
been and where their friends
have been. This girl made a
list of places she likes to take 2
hours lunches.
21. 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.
