Holiday Habits: Postmates’ Food Delivery Trends

The holidays may draw memories of home cooked meals and pies made from scratch, but that is quickly changing. With the introduction of food delivery services, consumers can have high quality meals delivered to them in no time at all. This means that they don't have to sacrifice great tasting food for their families over the holiday season while also saving themselves time and effort.

And for restaurants, this trend is great news. While holidays tend to be a slow day in any industry, the sheer amount of food delivery orders being placed over this time period means that restaurant owners have the potential to boost sales without having customers in-house at all. 

To take a look at this new food trend, Postmates took a look at their internal data and surveyed consumers across the nation on their holiday habits. And it seems that while not everyone orders out for the holiday season, they are using delivery services in other ways as well:

48 percent of Americans often forget a key…