Food deliveries rise sharply as Hongkongers stay home on weekends as protests discourage eating out


Food delivery apps Deliveroo and FoodPanda both said that they have been growing in Hong Kong and had an increase in order volumes between June and September of this year, with weekend nights being the peak time for orders. — SCMP

Ricky Lai, chief executive of FWM Restaurants, is doing something he has never done before at the company’s The Butchers Club locations in Hong Kong.

The restaurant chain, which sells traditional burgers, as well as vegan offerings by Beyond Meat and Impossible Burger, has seen its overall sales volumes decline by double digits in Hong Kong this summer as protests and civil unrest have disrupted the city on weekends and discouraged people from going out to eat.

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