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Average pizza lover spends this much on slices in their lifetime

“Pizza is all about getting together."

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By Rob Knight, 72Point via SWNS

Pizza fans will spend a staggering £52,924 ($64,952) on the food over their lifetime.

A poll of 2,000 adults, who regularly purchase the popular dish, found they'll eat it seven times-a-month on average.

This includes a combination of takeout and shop-bought pizzas - amounting to £70 ($85)-a-month or more than £750 ($920)-a-year.

And those residing in the North East, tuck into it more than anywhere else in the UK - enjoying nine pies a month.

Commissioned by Chicago Town, the study also found 35 percent consider the dish to be the UK’s favorite fast food.

However, the study found slow delivery times and poor-quality service mean more and more pizza fans are opting for a home cooked version.

Rachel Bradshaw, spokesperson for Chicago Town Takeaway pizza - which can be delivered to your door via grocery service Gorillas and cooked at home, within 30 minutes - said: “Pizza is all about getting together.

"Whether it’s a midweek treat with the family, or with friends over a game of football at the weekend.”

More than half (56 percent) said they generally wait an hour or more for their takeout treat and just seven percent feel it always arrives on time, without fail.

And half usually receive pizza that is warm or lukewarm, with only five percent getting theirs over the threshold piping hot.

As many as 80 percent of those polled through OnePoll have also had a pizza cancelled mysteriously somewhere between the takeout shop and their home.

MONEY SPENT ON TAKEAWAY PIZZAS BY THE AVERAGE PIZZA FAN:

In a lifetime: £42,487 ($52,143)
In a year: £675 ($828)
A month: £56 ($68)

MONEY SPENT ON SHOP-BOUGHT PIZZAS BY THE AVERAGE PIZZA FAN:

In a lifetime: £10,437 ($12,809)
In a year: £166 ($203)
In a month: £14 ($17)

TOTAL LIFETIME SPEND: £52,924 ($64,952)

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