"... No-one really has time anymore."/"I don�t at all [do lunch]. It�s just a waste of�it�s difficult to get out for lunch and I just think it�s not time efficient. It�s a charming cultural phenomenon but I don�t think it�s fully functional in today�s world."
From "Why Did We Lose Our Appetite for Lunch?/Lunch was the meal-time of business leaders and inveterate gossips, and for everyone else a necessary break from the desk. But it�s come to be seen�sadly for us all�as a luxury."
I suspect the answer to the question has to do with women in the workplace � because of the need to get through the day and off to errands and family time and because midday socializing fit the goals of business better when men were lunching with other men. The author of the linked article (at The Daily Beast) seems to assume it's all about how we just all work so darned hard these days. Faster and faster we go.
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