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Britain's favourite workplace biscuit revealed

Britain's favourite workplace biscuit revealed

The phone poll, conducted this month, asked 6,102 people the following question: “What's your favourite biscuit for your workplace tea break?"

The top ten can be seen below.

  1. Chocolate Digestive
  2. Chocolate Hob Nob
  3. Custard Cream
  4. Bourbon
  5. Rich Tea
  6. Chocolate Chip
  7. Malted Milk
  8. Ginger Nut
  9. Shortbread
  10. Jammie Dodgers 

The spokesperson for Protecting.co.uk adds, regarding the results, that slashed tea break budgets are one of those little issues that really annoys staff.

They continue: “Our own research shows that employees genuinely dislike these cuts which only save a few pounds per year, but workers find petty and vindictive.

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