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Grubhub Shares Menu Trends

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Plant-based sausage wraps, bubble milk tea, and birria tacos saw the fastest growth on the Grubhub platform during the first half of 2021, with each dish seeing order increases of at least 500 percent, according to the company’s third annual State of the Plate report.

Rounding out the top 10 increasingly popular dishes are everything omlets, strawberry banana cream smoothies, spicy miso tonkotsu ramen, churro waffles, beef empanadas, Nashville hot chicken sandwiches, and Korean barbeque cauliflower wings.

Plant-based trends continue to grow in 2021, with mushroom and tofu broth ramen, sauteed string beans and garlic, and grilled vegetable hummus bowls all rising in popularity.

Looking ahead to the fall, Grubhub predicts that vegan mapo tofu, truffle mushroom swiss burgers, raspberry cheesecake, cookie and cream milkshakes, and pumpkin cupcakes will be the go-to dishes.

Related: Grubhub Launches Independent Restaurant InitiativeGrubhub Offers Commission-Free Ordering for Restaurants.

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