One in three eat lunch al desko, study finds

Instead they are grabbing a sandwich at their desks and lunching "al desko".

“The average day is meetings with franchisees about development plans, then lunch al desko,” says Moore.

It’s a long workday, filled with meeting after meeting, and you even eat your lunch al desko.

Here’s your guide to healthiest al desko options, as well as those best left on the shelf.

It can be as simple as taking a lunch break — al fresco, not al desko.

If it's fishy, spicy or got a lot of garlic in it, don't eat it al desko.

Like eating "al desko", or having "frenemies", it's a pun too far.

All the usual purveyors of lunch "al desko" now do their own take on the most holy of Yuletide traditions – the Leftover Sandwich.

Other reasons people dine "al desko" vary, said Robin Jay, author of "The Art of the Business Lunch."

They then find themselves struck by hunger at 5pm and seek a third meal - on which they also dine "al desko" - to keep them going into the evening.

Workers are skipping the midday meal in growing numbers and opting to eat "al desko" and catch up on personal admin instead, according to research by ING Direct.

CHOOSE YOUR MOMENT No more lunching "al desko"

Will it be eaten at home, or in the pub, or al desko, scattering crumbs over your keyboard that will worm their way under the “S” key and make it ssssstick?

While lunching al desko is beneficial for the economy – sandwich chains on the whole are faring well, even if nothing else on the high street is – how healthy are the sandwiches that we're eating?

You might not have heard the unspeakable expression "eating al desko", but if you've been in an office, you've probably witnessed the sorry spectacle of a workstation becoming a dining table for seven minutes and a hastily-chomped panino.

Though the pain was minimal, they made me lazy; I e-mailed my colleagues all day instead of walking 10 yards to speak to them in person; and lunch was al desko, as the thought of mincing to Itsu filled me with dread.

Packing your own lunch may be more acceptable these days, what with almost everyone being a secret foodie and/or on the breadline, but The Audit is pretty sure that if the doll did dine al desko, then carbs would probably not be on the menu.

But, more than a week after being back, as the tan fades with the memories, I am determined not to let go: not to have lunch at al desko, nor drink crappy coffee, let a day go by without exercise, to read for pleasure and see real friends.

This year, though, things are red hot: it's deal-making time whether al desko or in Sardinia.

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I confess I tried these at home but if your office has a microwave (or if you want to eat them cold), they work al desko.

If you happen to have a lacklustre moment al desko, just tell people to look at your plant and it could buy you some crucial getting-yourself-together time.

Brett says the plan is 'to stalk her in the most non-creepy way': giving her a morning briefing (#whileyouweresleeping), then a long read for lunch al desko.