People really loved bean burritos in 2018, according to Grubhub

Looks like a lot of you snubbed carnitas in 2018. According to year-end data from Grubhub, the food that experienced the biggest surge on the delivery platform this year was the bean burrito.

Notably, the 2018 list featured zero red meat, although chicken made a strong showing. Of the top 10 items, which Grubhub defines as the items that surged the most, five were chicken: chicken slider (#3), chicken burrito (#5), chicken sandwich (#6), chicken and waffle slider (#8), and parmesan chicken (#9). 

There were also two cauliflower entries — cauliflower rice bowl (#7) and buffalo cauliflower (ew, #10) — as well as one pork entry (baby back pork rib at #4) and one seafood entry (the ever-popular poke bowl at #2). We have long been skeptical of the delivery poke bowl — why not just go eat a fresh one? — but it looks like our fellow orderers do not agree. Read more…

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