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We are living in a digital age in which we are basically doing everything online – including eating. And we have the online food delivery statistics below to prove it.
Maybe we want our food delivered to our doorstep when it’s too hot to go outside, or when it’s too cold, or when it’s raining. Or when we are too busy or too tired to go to the restaurant and wait for the food to be brought to our table. This is the norm now.
But when did food delivery start? Apparently, the first food delivery is believed to have originated in Naples, Italy as early as 1889. Fast forward 132 years and on demand food delivery is as common as eating itself.
Recently, the Coronavirus pandemic has become the main reason why people order food online. And restaurants have picked up on that. According to Software Advice, the search for food delivery software has increased 179% on their website between the months of February and March 2020.
However, having restaurant meals delivered to your home is above anything else, convenient. Being able to place food orders online has become the standard, as the following online food ordering statistics will prove.
Convenience is actually one of the 9 secondary needs that humans acquire during their lifetime:
