The UK’s Weirdest Sandwiches Revealed

The UK’s weirdest sandwich fillings have been uncovered, including jam & chips, cold baked beans, and banana mayonnaise.

Other unusual sandwiches Brits are tucking into include jam & cornflakes, tuna & pineapple, and marmalade & coleslaw, a study from office furniture supplier, Furniture At Work has revealed.

These aren’t just one-offs, though, with almost one in ten (7%) of people claiming to enjoy a cold baked beans sandwich or a banana mayo butty, and 6% pairing tuna with pineapple in their sandwiches.

Meanwhile, the less controversial ham & cheese came out on top as the UK’s favourite sarnie, closely followed by egg mayonnaise and cheese & onion. These entries finished above classics like bacon and a BLT.

The least popular sandwiches came out as the club, ham, and chicken tikka.




There is an interesting sandwich gender divide, with men much preferring a ham & cheese filling but women favouring egg mayo.

The study also sought to find out how much people are paying for sandwiches, with a national average of £3.89. The most expensive city for a butty is Manchester, with people paying a whopping £4.51 on average, while the city with the cheapest sandwiches is Sheffield, at just £2.84 a sarnie.

The industry that pays the most for their sandwiches is the creative arts and design niche, at £4.78, while retail workers pay the least for their butties, at a penny-pinching £2.98.

Furniture At Work also looked into the nutrition of the UK’s most popular supermarket sandwiches and found that the club (504), BLT (435), and cheese & onion (432) are the UK’s highest-calorie sandwiches, popular in Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, and Cardiff.

For those looking to cut calories, ham (248), tuna & sweetcorn (317), and prawn mayonnaise (318) are the lowest-calorie sarnies.



For more information on the UK’s favourite sandwich study, visit the Furniture At Work blog.