Autriche

In 2019, 50% of Austrian employees have lunch on a daily basis. It is below the European average (71%). Among the FOOD programme countries, Austria has the lowest share of employees taking a lunch break every day.

48% of Austrian employees usually eat a meal in a restaurant.

In 2019, Austrian workers considered important the having a restaurant close to their workplace (96%) and a quick service (89%), when having lunch. They also favor restaurants offering locally produced food (89%).

In 2019, 87% of Austrian employees consider important or very important the nutritional quality of the meals served when choosing a place to have lunch. It is higher than the European average of the FOOD programme countries (77%) ; thus Austrian employees pay attention to the balance of their meal at lunchtime.

In 2019, 60% of Austrian employees declare that the balance of the dish affects their decision-making on what to have at lunch. It is the second most chosen criterion and comes before the price (30%).

In 2016, 56% of the Austrian restaurants had a high level of knowledge on balanced nutrition. It was the country where the highest share of restaurants declared so. 40% of Austrian restaurants stated that they had a medium level of knowledge and could learn some more.

In 2016, 30% of Austrian restaurants observed an increase in the demand for balanced/healthy meals, which was significant but below the European average of the FOOD countries.

In 2016, restaurants in Austria had rather positive opinions about balanced nutrition, even though a lot of them were ‘neutral’ about the different statements. 64% disagreed or strongly disagreed that preparing healthy meals was more difficult, 60% that cooking healthy meals was more expensive and 40% that it took more time to cook healthy/balanced meals.