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12 Mobile Food Ordering Statistics in 2025 That Reveal Explosive Customer Demand

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The restaurant industry is rapidly evolving, and mobile food ordering is at the center of this transformation. These mobile food ordering statistics reveal just how quickly digital habits are shifting — and what it means for restaurants trying to stay competitive. At first, mobile ordering seemed like a long shot.

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Four Ways QSRs MUST Innovate to Outlast the Pandemic

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We’ve seen entire states reopen and re-close in short order due to spikes in cases. This has never been more true for ordering and procuring food, be it in the restaurant, grabbing takeout, or getting a meal delivered. Even back in 2017, Domino’s was seeing 90% of its orders being placed through its app or online.

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For Restaurant Owners, Cybersecurity is a People Problem 

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If you’re like me, chances are you’ve probably ordered food online or through an app at least once in the last couple of weeks. We’re not alone — market research company Frost & Sullivan projects that online/mobile ordering will be a $200 billion dollar industry by 2025.

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Technology Trends for the ‘New Normal’ Customer Cravings

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Capitalizing on this craving for convenience, fast food options and food delivery startups are growing rapidly, evidenced by the fact that fast food growth swiftly outpaced that of bars and restaurants by a whopping nearly 7:1 margin between 2017 and 2019. Table Tech : Pay-at-the-Table is the new Lazy Susan of the wait-staff world.

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The Evolution of Restaurant Technology: What’s Next?

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We started doing to-go orders but that was still through your POS. BD : Another thing that has really sparked the evolution of restaurant technologies- and I’m certainly not the first person to say this- is the mobile device. Around 2017-2018 machine learning made breakthroughs that allowed it to be much more implementable.

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Four Industry Trends to Boost Your Restaurant Business

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On top of that, retail sales of plant-based foods that directly replace animal products grew by 17% from August 2017 through August 2018. Approximately 38 percent of dining trips somehow involve the use of a mobile device, a Windstream Enterprise study found. And the trial and error required to make major changes can be expensive.

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Business Models for Off-Premise Sales (Sponsored Post)

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According to founder Noah Glass of Olo , online orders on their platform doubled each year from 2017 to 2019 — before the pandemic. And in 2020, Upserve reported a 783% increase in online orders. More Accurate One of the benefits of online ordering and off-site dining is that ordering is more accurate.