Family Dining

They're hungry and in a hurry

It seems as if most people today see eating as something you do while you're doing something else, working, driving, watching tv. Lunch breaks, assuming today's harried worker evens takes one, are also likely to be a shopping break, an exercise break, or a time to run errands. In our time-short society, eating itself is not always the primary focus of the lunch hour.

Survey after survey bears this out. 27.3 percent of full-time workers often spend their lunch break doing things other than eating. 4 out of 10 people usually don't take a "real" lunch break. About half of us are spending less time eating lunch than they used to -- taking 30 minutes or less to eat.

There is, however, some good news for those of us who try to feed today's busy people. These same studies also found that most full-time employees do eat lunch most of the time, even if they don't take much time to do so. And today's restaurant operators are keeping pace with their harried customers as they find ingenious ways to keep food a part of the lunch break.

Sunkist can help. Sunkist citrus is one of nature's most perfect "fast foods". It adds a flavor boost, and a nutritional wallop, to an ordinary dish. Oranges and grapefruit perk up menus from salads to deserts. And lemons are a healthy and flavorful alternative to salts and other heavy seasoning. Sunkist citrus drinks and smoothies also provide a way for restaurant operators to deliver great taste, fast, without forgetting nutrition. Fresh fruit lemonades, orange banana smoothies, orange iced teas. Each one of these truly fast foods can help find the middle ground between a quick menu item that tastes great and the need to offer healthy options on the menu. The Sunkist web page is a valuable resource for citrus drink ideas.

Today's workers want fast. And today's health conscious population is looking for healthy alternatives to the high calorie, high fat fast food that is out there today. Sunkist is the answer.