New Year’s Eve without doubt, is the biggest party of the year, and no party is complete without a scrumptious meal. This New Year’s Eve saw India celebrating by ordering in vociferously and biriyani turned out to be its most favourite dish. More than 20,000 biriyanis were delivered to Foodpanda customers across India on December 31, 2018 while over 300 were delivered in the last 30 minutes leading to 2019. Other popular food items on New Year’s Eve were Black Forest chocolate cake, chicken rolls, burgers and fried rice.
It was interesting to note that on the last day of 2018, a customer from Mumbai ordered food as many as 22 times! Customers from Hyderabad, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Vizag were hooked on to the Foodpanda app, ordering out the most as they bid farewell to 2018.
Over the course of the year, Foodpanda claims to have become the largest food delivery network with 125,000+ delivery partners working on-ground across 100 cities. Some highlights on food ordering trends on the platform across India in 2018 are:
India loves to order biriyani, burgers, shakes and ice creams
Indians from these cities order out the most - Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai
Metros of tomorrow drool over Thaalis and Sweets the most!
Varied cuisines and food items dominated the food ordering pattern giving an interesting sneak peek into the wide food palate across our country