DoorDash Ordering Trends: Diners Are Picking Local

Diners are increasingly turning online to get their favorite dishes with same-store pickup orders in the U.S. increasing 15 percent year over year and same-store delivery orders increasing 11 percent year over year, according to DoorDash's second annual Restaurant Online Ordering Trends Report which takes a deep dive into consumer online ordering preferences and emerging dining trends.

The report also shows that ordering delivery remains a consumer preference with 83 percent of consumers ordering delivery as much or more than they did last year and 86 percent reporting order takeout/pickup as much or more than last year.

The 2022 report shows diners are not creatures of habit:

Consumers are swiping right on new restaurants and merchants with 60 percent of consumers having ordered from a new-to-them merchant in Q1’22 (compared to the merchants they ordered from in Q1’21). While Friday at 6 p.m. remains the most popular time to order delivery and pickup, more…