Do those figures take into account the relative prices..? I would imagine a pint in London would set you back a lot more than a bottle of Buckfast....
Those amounts sound far too small to me... a single night on the champers and thats the apparent budget for the year....
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Thats about one months worth. I still spend £100 on beer a week and ive cut down!
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Originally posted by Churchill£3 a pint here in Cambridge!
Bastards!
Quite. You can drink cheaper in Switzerland.
(as long as you avoid English/Irish style theme pubs)
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5179178.stm
Beer gut bill tops four figures
Drinking beer can do this to you....
The average British male spends £1,144 per year cultivating his beer gut, research shows.
That equates to 5% of the average take home pay spent on beer and post-booze snacks such as kebabs.
The study, by private medical insurer PruHealth, found salesmen are the biggest boozers, spending £1,560 per year on drink and snacks.
Obesity is linked to a range of health problems, including heart disease and diabetes.
AVERAGE WEEKLY SPEND ON ALCOHOL
London; £22
Rest of South: £18
Midlands/Wales: £17
Scotland: £17
The research, based on interviews with 2,476 men, shows nearly a quarter (22%) of men go out drinking at least two nights a week - and among those aged under 29 the figure rises to 31%.
Men say they spend an average of £22 on booze and junk food in a typical week.
However, 7% - around 1.7m men nationwide - say they regularly down £40 worth of drink a week, and over £10 on fast food.
Londoners spent over £40 week a week on alcohol alone on average - with 2% admitting to spending at least £80 a week.
The Scots are keen boozers too, with 4% regularly spending between £100 and £150 per week.
Single boozers
Single men on average tend to spend more on booze - £25 - during the week than married or co-habiting men.
BIG BOOZERS
London: 13% spend more than £40 a week
Rest of South: 8%
Midlands/Wales: 6%
North: 8%
Scotland: 5%
Men who are in a relationship but who don't live with their partner spend an average of £23 per week, while married men say they spend just £15 on average.
Salesmen spend noticeably more than any other profession, with one in 20 shelling out £80 to £150 every week.
They are also the profession most likely to be found in the pub most nights of the week.
Dr Chris Dark, medical director at PruHealth, said: "We asked men whether they were worried about having a beer belly and over a third said they were.
"Yet these findings reveal that a significant number of men are clearly investing time and money on cultivating their guts. "While it is fine for everyone to enjoy a drink and snack in moderation, my concern is that men are not realising the long-term implications for their health that storing excessive fat around the belly can have. "The notorious beer gut can be the start of much more serious health problems, like diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease."
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