Brits will spend £90,942 and more than 14 months of their life in the pub, a study has found.
The average adult spends just over three hours a week at their local, supping food and drinks worth almost £28 each time.
This means a total of just under seven days a year — the equivalent of more than one year and two months over the average adult lifetime — will be spent in the pub.
It also emerged 13,104 alcoholic drinks and 3,276 shots will be sunk in the pub between the ages of 18 and 81.
Kevin Smith, a spokesman for online market researchers OnePoll, which commissioned the research, said: “The traditional pub is a British institution and still a huge part of our culture. Some see a trip to the pub as a way of winding down at the end of a long day at work, while for others, it’s more about big nights out to celebrate a special event.
“For many couples, it’s just a way to escape the kids, tuck into some nice food and catch up with their other half over a cold beer or wine. Either way, it seems we are still spending a large amount of our time and money in pubs.”
Simply catching up with friends is the most popular reason to visit the pub, followed by to have a quiet drink and to get away from the partner and/or the children. Watching the football and wanting to unwind after a long day at work also sees Brits head for their local.
But the study, of 2,000 people, found there is still dispute about rounds with more than one in four admitting they try to avoid having to get the drinks in.
