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20%
20% -- delivery time expectation reduction for food delivery consumers (2026)
Food delivery consumer delivery time expectations have reduced by nearly 20% in the past five years.
- Reported as 'nearly 20%' over the past five years
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20%
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Data Vintage
2026
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B
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75
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60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
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95
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uengage.in
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https://www.uengage.in/spotlight/last-mile-delivery-management-for-restaurants-in-2026 ↗
Source Article
Last Mile Delivery Management for Restaurants in 2026
Delivery growth has changed restaurant economics.
In many urban markets, delivery contributes 40–60% of total revenue for QSRs and cloud kitchens. But while revenue increases, margins often shrink, and the biggest reason sits in the final stretch of the order journey.
That stretch is the last mile.
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uengage.in
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food delivery consumers: 20% delivery time expectation reduction. Source: uengage.in (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/delivery-time-expectation-reduction-5yr
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/delivery-time-expectation-reduction-5yr" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>20%</strong> -- delivery time expectation reduction for food delivery consumers<br><small>Source: uengage.in (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/delivery-time-expectation-reduction-5yr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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