In Chile, Mondays without meat and Thursdays without tomato stand out. In turn, hamburgers and fries continue to lead order trends, while bananas and avocados are gaining popularity.
A recount made by the Uber Eats platform, accounts for the most frequent meals that Chileans ordered in 2022 for delivery. Among them, French fries, avocado, hamburgers and the strange taste that Chileans have for ordering pisco erratically, any day and at any time, predominate.
Some curiosities that stood out were, for example, the contempt for the tomato. The study shows that Of the 146,000 orders placed that included this ingredient in their preparations, 20,141 were expressly ordered without tomatoespecially on Thursdays.
The same thing happened on Mondays, recognized as “Meatless Mondays”, where protein showed a drop in orders. While the favorites as additions in the orders were the plantains and the hass avocado Secondly.
However, what was crowned as the most requested food on the platform were French fries, which in 2022 were ordered every day, without exception.
In fact, the consumption of chips increased by 15% compared to the previous year and the peak time to order this savory delight was at 1:00 p.m. on Thursdays. That day, an average of 300,000 orders that included them left.
What was the dish most requested by Chileans in delivery?
During 2022, more than 14 million fast food orders were placed throughout the country. But what was asked? In this sense, according to the study, preference was for the well-known McCombo Large Double Quarter Pounder, which was ordered close to a million times.
In the same line, in second place on the list was Papa John’s with “Arma tu pizza”, which had close to 900,000 pizzas in the year. While the most expensive order made within the application was for hamburgers and it cost $408,700.
On the other hand, although healthy food is still far from being the favourite, it is on the right track and that is in 2022 almost 40,000 more orders were placed than in the previous year. And there are already three cities that lead the predilection for this type of food: Santiago, Valparaíso and Rancagua.
As for alcohol, orders for piscos, beers and sparkling wines were the ones that led and more than 16 million were made in the Metropolitan Region alone of orders in the year.
The study also found that The most requested foods, from highest to lowest, were: sushi, Chinese, hamburgers, sandwiches, pizza, healthy food, and chicken. Likewise, she collected what the food trends were for each day of the week.
Order trends by day:
Monday – Shoppers say no to mayonnaise and onions, but do increase orders for food with chocolate between 18:00 and 20:00.
Tuesday – Healthy food predominates and people ask for lettuce to be included in their dishes.
Wednesday – Buyers ask that the preparations do not contain mayonnaise.
Thursday – Larger portions of French fries at lunch time.
Friday – People celebrate the start of the weekend with increased orders for pisco and ice purchases.
Saturday – The day that ice cream is most requested.
Sunday – People add original flavor Coca Cola to their orders, especially after 8:00 p.m.