Half of U.S. Consumers Now Using Meal Delivery as Sales Grow
Restaurant meal delivery in the U.S. hit a key milestone before the holidays, as 50 percent of American consumers have now ordered from one of the major meal delivery services, up from 44 percent a year ago, according to the latest figures from Bloomberg Second...
Square Survey Explores 2022 for the Restaurant Industry
Square’s 2022 Future of Restaurants report offers a glimpse into just how acute the restaurant labor shortage is. The big number: 21 percent of restaurant positions are unfilled, according to the report, while 73 percent of restaurants reported experiencing a labor...
BentoBox Restaurant Study Points to Latest “New Normal”
BentoBox has released its 2021 Restaurant Trend Report showing how the restaurant delivery industry has evolved over the last year through the lens of its 7,500 restaurant partners. The findings point to rising operating and real estate costs, rapid ghost kitchen...
Native Delivery Pays Off According to Latest Delivery Study
A new consumer survey from SMG, the latest in an ongoing study of trends in the food delivery market, shows native delivery making inroads as 23 percent of U.S. consumers reported ordering food directly from restaurants with their own delivery platforms compared to 24...
DoorDash Claims Customers Prefer to Order Direct Over Third-Party
Consumers would rather order delivery directly from a restaurant as opposed to a third-party provider. In its recent trend report, polling 1,525 respondents, DoorDash found 43 percent of its customers prefer to order delivery through a restaurant’s website or app,...
May 4-6 2022
The only conference solely dedicated to off-premises operations and the future of restaurants and foodservice in a world of on-demand convenience.
