{"id":63563,"date":"2014-04-23T23:55:11","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T21:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=63563"},"modified":"2014-04-24T06:08:43","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T04:08:43","slug":"sa-gamers-favourite-fast-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/63563-sa-gamers-favourite-fast-foods","title":{"rendered":"SA gamers’ favourite fast foods"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the MyGaming Lifestyle Survey results, burgers, wraps, and deep fried foods are firm favourites among SA’s gamers, while KFC is the most popular take-away joint.<\/p>\n

However, most gamers claim to keep their junk food intake reasonable, spending only up to R500 a month.<\/p>\n

What do SA gamers eat?<\/h3>\n

From the sample size of 1,136 survey participants, 84.51% said they purchase fast food and\/or junk food during an average month.<\/p>\n

The table below breaks down the results from the survey participants who consume these types of food. Note that these questions were multiple choice.<\/p>\n

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Fast food and junk food consumed during an average month<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yes<\/td>\n84.51%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No<\/td>\n15.49%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Types of fast food and junk food<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burgers, wraps, and deep fried food<\/td>\n83.65%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pizza<\/td>\n80.94%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fish \/ Sushi<\/td>\n43.75%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Themed take-away (Chinese, Indian, Italian, etc)<\/td>\n41.77%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Store bought junk food (chips, chocolate, sweets, biscuits, etc)<\/td>\n57.71%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/td>\n7.71%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Fast food restaurants<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andiccio’s 24<\/td>\n3.23%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burger King<\/td>\n10.42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chicken Licken<\/td>\n7.08%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Debonairs<\/td>\n25.63%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KFC<\/td>\n60.42%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McDonalds<\/td>\n52.29%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nando’s<\/td>\n33.85%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roman’s Pizza<\/td>\n31.98%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scooters<\/td>\n11.46%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steers<\/td>\n43.13%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wimpy<\/td>\n20.21%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/td>\n32.60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Money (rands) spent per month on fast food and junk food<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0 – 500<\/td>\n59.24%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
501 – 1,000<\/td>\n28.52%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1,001 – 1,500<\/td>\n7.57%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1,501 – 2,000<\/td>\n3.08%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2,001 – 2,500<\/td>\n0.97%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2,501 – 3,000<\/td>\n0.35%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3,000+<\/td>\n0.26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Previously we unpacked the demographics of the MyGaming survey participants, painting a broad picture of the high-end gaming market in South Africa. The demographics results can be read here<\/a> along with notes on statistical accuracy.<\/p>\n

More MyGaming Lifestyle Survey results<\/h3>\n

SA gamers are a boozy bunch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Puff or pass? What SA gamers smoke<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What SA gamers earn, and spend on games<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Are you a virgin? MyGaming survey results<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The MyGaming Lifestyle Survey 2014 reveals what local gamers fill their bellies with before going into battle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":63601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21,12337,12141,2597],"class_list":["post-63563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-headline","tag-junk-food","tag-mygaming-lifestyle-survey","tag-mygaming-survey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63573,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63563\/revisions\/63573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}