Customer places 73 Uber Eats orders in one week

Would you order Uber Eats 73 times in a week?

That’s what one customer of the takeaway food app did in Christchurch.

Uber Eats Christchurch is celebrating its first birthday on Monday and has released some intriguing statistics on customer behaviour.

Since the service launched in the city last October, the hungriest customer ordered from the app an astonishing 73 times in one week – about 10 times every single day.

The largest single order anyone placed was $678.30 from sushi restaurant Hachi Hachi, while the smallest was for a single roast potato for $1 from Royal Roast at Northlands Mall.

What do people get for weekend hangovers? The most popular cure is the Big James burger from Bacon Brothers on High St.

The most popular time for ordering through Uber Eats in Christchurch is 6pm on a Friday night, while the most popular meal is a burger.

Bacon Brothers manager Andy Mikhail said they often get a flurry of Uber Eats orders on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

‘‘It must be people hung over from a big Friday or Saturday night,’’ he said. ‘‘We have been getting a lot of attention on Uber Eats. It has been pretty epic.’’

He said on a busy Friday or Saturday they would get about 100 orders through the app, compared to about 500 orders in the restaurant.

At such times the restaurant prioritises in-house orders over Uber Eats, he said, dealing with the Uber orders at quieter moments.

Hachi Hachi manager Karli Mortimer said the $678.30 order was handled at the Victoria St restaurant. The order, which came in at noon on a Thursday, completely filled the delivery driver’s car, including the boot, and included 25 miso soups.

‘‘I felt sorry for the poor delivery driver because his car was completely full,’’ she said. ‘‘I am assuming it was a workplace that ordered all their food together.’’

She said it varied how many Uber Eats orders they get a day, but that it is busier when it rains.

Over 45,922 sides were ordered through Uber Eats in Christchurch over the last year, and more than

3,600 coffees and 4,800 smoothies. Uber Eats started in the garden city in October 2017 and more than

107 local restaurants have signed up to the food delivery service. The service operates in six New Zealand cities.

‘‘I felt sorry for the poor delivery driver because his car was full.’’