NETHERLANDS: Pizzas Most Popular, Dutch Spend €440 Million On Food Deliveries

In the second quarter of this year, Dutch ordered a total of 440 million euros worth of meal deliveries.

Pizza is the most popular delivered food, followed by grill dishes, fast food and sushi.

On average, Dutch spend 11.40 per person per order.

Sushi and other Japanese dishes are most expensive, at 17.96 euros per meal.

Ordering a pizza for delivery costs an average of 9.57 euros per person.

The meal delivery sector in the Netherlands is growing explosively, partly thanks to the growing economy.

Revenues for this year are expected to reach between 1.3 billion and 1.4 billion euros. And ABN Amro expects that the industry will grow by 20 percent next year.

Thuisbezorgd is the biggest player in the Netherlands' meal delivery market.

A massive 420 million euros in meals were ordered from their site last year.

Competitors like Deliveroo and Foodora are much smaller, and also face stiff competition from restaurant chains like Domino's and New York Pizza which offer their own delivery options, according to the bank.

The vast majority of delivered meals are still ordered over the phone. Only 35 percent of orders were made online.



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Hungry Londoners,With UberEats Order A Range Of Lunch And Dinner Options Straight To Your Door

Lucky Londoners can get their hands on a free box of croissants this morning, thanks to UberEats and Paul.

Uber's joined the breakfast club, adding a breakfast menu from several restaurants to its food delivery service.

Purveyor of pastries Paul will be one of the six restaurants delivering a morning pick me up to Londoners in Zones 1 and 2, along with Leon, Bagel Factory, Tossed, Coco di Mama and Crepeaffaire.

"We are incredibly excited to announce breakfast on the UberEats app across London. Since UberEats launched last summer we have seen Londoners ordering a range of lunch and dinner options straight to their door at the tap of a button. The launch of breakfast is the next step for UberEats as we continue to respond to ever-growing consumer demand," said general manager Toussaint Wattinne.

The service, a rival to homegrown Deliveroo and Amazon Restaurants, plans to expand the breakfast platter across the capital soon, with more restaurants and locations.

Hungry Londoners can get their hands on the freebies between 8am and 11am, though be warned, there is some seriously high demand. Quite understandably.