05 Mar 5 Food Delivery Trends for Restaurant Operators to Know for 2020
Food delivery is a multi-billion-dollar industry, and according to PYMNTS.com, “third-party delivery app DoorDash has grown the number of restaurants using its service by 206 percent in the past 18 months. That’s a pretty solid indicator that no one intends to get left behind on a market opportunity that’s currently doing almost $27 billion a year in topline sales and generating over three billion restaurant visits.” The opportunities to reach more customers has never been higher, nor have the stakes for risking customer alienation. You heard that correctly. A February 2020 announcement by a Kount collaboration found that restaurants that ignore mobile order-ahead capabilities could even lose up to 70% of their business. To keep today’s restaurant customers happy, restaurateurs must implement the technologies that will follow these top food delivery trends for 2020.