Here are foods Southerners can’t get enough of during the pandemic, DoorDash says
If you’re tired of cooking during the pandemic, you’re not the only one.
Customers are turning to delivery options in a year marked by coronavirus-related shut downs, according to food trends released last week from DoorDash.
Southerners are craving the classics: sausage biscuits, fried chicken and sweet tea, the report finds.
But people in the region also can’t get enough of nachos and buffalo wings, according to DoorDash.
Here’s what the food delivery service says people in the South have ordered.
- Breakfast: sausage biscuits, hash brown burritos, orange juice
- Lunch: buffalo wings, strawberry lemonade, nachos
- Dinner: fried chicken, sweet iced tea, rib eye steaks
- Late night snacks: onion rings, chocolate chip cookies, nachos
DoorDash also gave insight into what people had a taste for in some of the biggest cities in the Southeast. In Miami, flavors from Latin America made it to the top of the list, results show.
“Atlanta proved to have quite the sweet tooth with chocolate chip cookies, cookies & cream milkshakes, and banana bread leading the chart,” the company said.
DoorDash shared the most popular foods in its mid-year report, which it says covers data from Jan. 1 to June 30. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March.
Across the country, people have sought food delivery or takeout options as they stay inside to help avoid spreading the disease. In several states, restaurants closed or limited capacity.
DoorDash in a national survey found nearly half of people were tired of cooking after months of coronavirus-related restrictions.
Nationwide, 40% of DoorDash users were longing for Mexican food while at home. Seafood came in at second place, with 34% missing it, according to the company.
The company says the figures came from an online survey of 2,000 adults that ran June 29 to July 1. The margin of error was 2.2%.
