在金融危機中佔了便宜的行業
(2008-11-20 14:33:38)標籤：金融危機 網上訂餐 外賣 加班 失業 雜談 分類：園丁四季之歌
The latest TUC survey reported that more than three million workers fear they will lose their job in the next year because of the economic slowdown.
據英國總工會(TUC)最近的調查顯示，由於經濟減速，超過300萬的上班族擔心自己明年將會失業。
爲了避免被裁，更多的上班族選擇加班加點工作，由此導致了外賣快餐業的銷售額突飛猛進。
Sales statistics from online takeaway portal show that late-night work has become more commonplace, with staff at thousands of offices across the UK buying takeaway meals to eat while they work.
英國快餐訂購網站的銷售統計顯示：英國幾千個公司的僱員都是工作時叫外賣來解決晚飯，晚上加班現象日益普遍。
The firm said post-5pm ordering from offices has risen by a massive 236% in the past six months, compared to the six-month period before that, with many employees eating their dinner at their desks in a bid to complete their workload and safeguard their jobs.
爲了做完工作並保住飯碗，許多上班族都在辦公桌上解決自己的晚飯。Just-Eat網站顯示，在過去的半年裏，下午五點之後的訂餐量比前六個月激增236%。
The company's poll of 1,304 office workers found four in 10 had worked late in the last month on more than five occasions, with more than a third worried about their job security in the current economic climate.
Just-Eat網站的一項對1304名上班族的調查顯示，40%的受訪員工在過去一個月至少加了五次班，而超過1/3的人表示在目前的經濟形勢下擔心飯碗不保。
David Buttress, chief executive of , said: "More people are ordering from their desk than we've ever experienced. The ease of ordering a takeaway while having as little time away from working as possible has meant that our sales to offices after 5pm have rocketed."
Just-Eat網站首席執行官戴維·巴特里斯說：“如今從辦公桌上訂餐的人創歷史紀錄。人們可以很方便地不離開工作崗位就能訂餐，所以下午5點之後快餐的銷量就會火速上升。”
Ash Ali, Marketing Manager of said,"In a time when the media report doom and gloom across many different sectors, we are able to report a significant rise in orders. Talks with many of our partnered restaurants convey a similar picture, where they have stated that they have in fact seen a rise in takeaway requests in the last 6 months, with less sit-in customers and much less drinks spend.
Just-Eat網站市場經理阿什·阿里說：“就在媒體報道許多行業前景黯淡的時候，我們的訂餐量卻有一個很不錯的提升。我們和許多的合作餐廳交流之後，大家看到了一個相似的情況：在過去的六個月裏，餐廳的外賣需求提升了，而堂食的顧客減少，飲料的消費就更加少了。”
Pizza was by far the most popular takeaway choice, accounting for 83% of sales.
比薩的定購量佔83%，是目前最受歡迎的外賣快餐。
