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50% -- last mile share of logistics costs for last mile delivery (2026)
Last mile delivery can account for up to 50% of total logistics costs.
- Attributed to an unspecified McKinsey study cited in a blog post
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2026
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McKinsey
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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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last mile delivery: 50% last mile share of logistics costs. Source: McKinsey (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/last-mile-logistics-cost-share-mckinsey
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/last-mile-logistics-cost-share-mckinsey" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>50%</strong> -- last mile share of logistics costs for last mile delivery<br><small>Source: McKinsey (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/last-mile-logistics-cost-share-mckinsey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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