Uber Eats has released statistics showing the top five countries globally ordering vegan food and revealing South Africa to have joined top five for the first time, according to Retailbriefafrica. Uber Eats has seen a 71% increase in healthy foods in South Africa during its hard lockdown and the trend has continued since.
Plant-Based Orders Skyrocketing Through Uber Eats & Deliveroo as 20% of Brits Plan Vegan Christmas Dinner
As World Vegan Month begins, food delivery platform Uber Eats states that orders of vegan menu items have rocketed by 1436% in the UK since 2018 and reveals a 59% rise in restaurants with vegan options. Meanwhile, fellow food delivery service Deliveroo reports a 105% spike in vegan orders this year. Deliveroo states that there are now over 14,000 vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants on the app, making it one of the fastest-growing categories on the platform, with most vegan orders coming from Brighton, Bristol and Leeds. The app carried out a survey which found that 20% of Brits are planning a meat-free meal this Christmas, mirroring similar findings reported by Applewood last year. Such trends are not country specific: Uber Eats also reported a sharp …