According to Forbes, In 2023 nearly half of all employees say they are skipping lunch or rushing through lunch to get more work done. The fact is that working on an empty stomach will make employees take longer to get the same amount of work done, and more often at a lower quality. For car-based communities in the Northeast dealing with inclement weather, lunch breaks often require more drive time that results in a less-satisfying break. It is easy to imagine why we skip lunch, but are we ignoring the effects?