The cost of workplace coffee addiction revealed

18 hours a year: that’s the shocking number of hours the average worker spends “nipping out” to get coffee, according to a new survey.

Honest Coffees’ – an ethical coffee supplier – data revealed that 11% of people leave work once a week to pick up coffee.

Ten per cent step out two or three times a week and 10.6% leave their office four or more times.

With the average worker earning more than £500 a week, the nation’s caffeine addiction is costing bosses £259 a year per employee.