According to a study released by during 2019, it was found that people in the United Kingdom (UK) didn't spend much time cooking meals during the week. Indeed, the majority of respondents (almost 52 percent) were willing to spend less than 30 minutes cooking. By contrast, it emerged that only 5.49 percent were happy to spend more than an hour cooking a weeknight meal.
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