As high cost of living limits frequent dining out for many, third-parties and grocery retailers break new ground on food convenience and personalised experiences.
Sam Fryers, Research Analyst – Ireland
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Executive Summary
- Opportunities for the home delivery & takeaways sector
- Market dynamics and outlook
- Graph 1: consumer price index for all food vs fast food and take away food services, 2020-23
- Graph 2: consumer price index for all food items vs fast food and take away food services, 2020-23
- What consumers want and why
- Graph 3: frequency of buying home delivery/takeaways, by gender, RoI and NI 2023
- Graph 4: Types of food chosen when buying takeaway/home delivery food, RoI and NI, 2023
- Graph 5: What encourages consumers to buy from one takeaway/home delivery over another, RoI and NI, 2023
- Innovation and marketing
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Market Dynamics
- Market drivers
- Graph 6: consumer price index for all food vs fast food and take away food services, 2020-23
- Graph 7: consumer price index for all food items vs fast food and take away food services, 2020-23
- Graph 8: top 10 additional discretionary spending priorities once essential costs are taken care of, RoI and NI, 2023
- Graph 9: changes in financial situation over the past year, 2023
- Graph 10: unemployment rate, RoI and NI, 2021-23
- Graph 11: attitudes and behaviour toward food and drink, 2020-23*
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What Consumers Want and Why
- Frequency of ordering takeaway/home delivery food
- Graph 12: frequency of buying home delivery/takeaways, RoI and NI, 2023
- Graph 13: frequency of buying home delivery/takeaways, by gender, RoI and NI 2023
- Graph 14: when consumers typically eat chilled ready meals, by gender, RoI and NI 2023
- Graph 15: frequency of buying home delivery/takeaways, by age, 2023
- Graph 16: frequency of buying home delivery/takeaways, by age, 2023
- Preferred channels of ordering takeaway/home delivery food
- Graph 17: how consumers buy takeaway/home delivery food, RoI and NI, 2023
- Graph 18: how consumers buy takeaway/home delivery food, by area, 2023
- Graph 19: how consumers buy takeaway/home delivery food, by area, 2023
- Graph 20: how consumers buy takeaway/home delivery food, by age, 2023
- Graph 21: behaviour when buying takeaway/home delivery food directly from a restaurant/takeaway, RoI and NI, 2023
- Preferred types of takeaway/home delivery food
- Graph 22: types of food chosen when buying takeaway/home delivery food, RoI and NI, 2023
- Graph 23: Types of food chosen when buying takeaway/home delivery food, by children in household, RoI and NI, 2023
- Graph 24: types of food chosen for takeaway/home delivery, by area, 2023
- Graph 25: types of food chosen for takeaway/home delivery, by area, 2023
- Graph 26: consumers who typically buy fish and chips as a takeaway, by age, RoI and NI, 2023
- Important factors when buying takeaways /home deliveries
- Graph 27: what encourages consumers to buy from one takeaway/home delivery over another, RoI and NI, 2023
- Graph 28: What encourages consumers to buy from one takeaway/ home delivery over another, by gender, RoI and NI, 2023
- Attitudes towards takeaway and delivery
- Graph 29: consumers that agree with the following statements, RoI and NI, 2023
- Graph 30: consumers who agree real-time tracking is useful for home delivery/takeaways, by age, RoI and NI, 2023
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Competitive Landscape
- Companies and brands
- Innovation and marketing
- Graph 31: percentage of consumers who agree with the following healthy eating initiatives, RoI and NI 2023
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Appendix
- Report scope and definitions
- Methodology
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