Beans means loans for city's students

08 2007
With rent and going out accounting for a large portion of the average London student's loan, budgeting for meals often comes a long way down the list of priorities.

However, help is now on hand, with Branston set to offer interest-free loans to finance buying three years worth of baked beans, long seen as the traditional staple of student diets.

The launch of the £105.84 loans comes after recent research found that today's students are eating 20 per cent less baked beans than those who graduated five years ago.

"Students have more choice these days and are becoming increasingly adventurous in their food tastes, so it's not surprising that consumption of beans has dipped," said Rob Stacey, Branston Beans marketing manager.

"But the fact is, baked beans are the perfect student food; they're nutritious, versatile and inexpensive. It would be a crying shame if beans were knocked off their perch as the student's favourite grub."

At the same time, students with slightly larger than average budgets can not only afford to splash out on renting a flat in the centre of the capital but can now also learn how to prepare fine cuisine on their own, with the Avenue Cookery School in Putney among the latest venues offering classes to both students and young professionals without a baked bean in sight. ADNFCR-1219-ID-18308295-ADNFCR

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