ST PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS (January 29, 2019) — As the midwest faces record-breaking cold, food delivery is really heating up!
According to Bite Squad, an on-demand restaurant delivery service, delivery orders in the midwest were up 12% yesterday over the previous Monday, which wasn't quite so frigid!
What are folks ordering to warm up? Anything with the word "hot" in it — think hot chicken sandwich or hot and sour soup — is up 21%. (And, no surprise, anything with the word "cold" in it--like cold cuts and cold noodles--is down 42%.)
Deliveries are up for:
- Pad Thai — 64%
- Soup — 63%
- French Fries — 88%
- Wings — 22%
Of course, soup delivery is hot on a cold day! The top 5 soups being ordered are:
- Miso Soup
- Chicken Wild Rice
- Wonton Soup
- Chicken Noodle Soup
- Tom Yum Soup