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. 2007 Aug 23;7:214. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-214

Table 2.

Most popular food items sold at food outlets (n = 99 outlets)

Five most popular foods Number of outlets – most popular choice

Popular Food Items 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Sandwich/roll 21 11 13 4 2 51
Pastry (pie, s/roll, pasty, pizza) 8 11 6 5 3 33
Meats (chicken) 11 12 4 3 - 30
Seafood 16 5 4 2 2 29
Burgers 6 10 7 5 - 28
Cakes/slices/sweets 8 9 3 3 3 26
Hot food (curry, soup, quiche) 1 2 9 7 2 21
Salads 1 4 8 3 2 18
Pasta (lasagne, potato bake) 3 4 4 - - 9
Fruit & veg - - 1 4 1 6