The day
Independent restaurants on December 15, 2025
Data as of — 7 readings published, each with the number of restaurants behind it. Days with too little data to publish are not on this page at all.
What moved
Readings that changed by at least 3% against the day before, biggest move first. Both ends of every comparison are published, adequately covered days — a thin day is never one of them.
- −33% Items per online order to 2.0 566 restaurants, 6,675 orders
- −19% In-store ticket to $31.64 1,173 restaurants, 88,418 orders
- −15% Online order ticket to $31.08 566 restaurants, 6,675 orders
- −14% Online orders per restaurant to 11.8 566 restaurants, 6,675 orders
- −11% Restaurants trading in store to 1,173 1,173 restaurants, 88,418 orders
- −9.4% In-store orders per restaurant to 58.0 1,173 restaurants, 88,418 orders
Everything published on this day
Every Kwick365 reading and price index with a published cell for December 15, 2025. A dash in a change column means there was no comparable earlier day to measure against.
| Reading | Value | vs the day before | vs a week before | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online order ticket median $ per order | $31.08 | −15% | +1.5% | 566 restaurants, 6,675 orders |
| Online tip rate median tip ÷ subtotal | 15.0% | no change | no change | 566 restaurants, 795 tipped orders — 11.9% of 6,675 orders |
| Items per online order line items per order | 2.0 | −33% | no change | 566 restaurants, 6,675 orders |
| Online orders per restaurant orders per active restaurant | 11.8 | −14% | +4.8% | 566 restaurants, 6,675 orders |
| In-store ticket median of each restaurant’s average ticket | $31.64 | −19% | +2.7% | 1,173 restaurants, 88,418 orders |
| In-store orders per restaurant median orders per restaurant | 58.0 | −9.4% | no change | 1,173 restaurants, 88,418 orders |
| Restaurants trading in store restaurants | 1,173 | −11% | +1.1% | 1,173 restaurants, 88,418 orders |
How the metros ranked
Of the 2 metros that cleared the publication threshold on this day, Houston, TX ($35.64) was the highest and Atlanta, GA ($30.28) the lowest.
Median online order ticket by metro on December 15, 2025.
| Metro | Median $ per order | Restaurants | Orders |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston, TX | $35.64 | 56 | 581 |
| Atlanta, GA | $30.28 | 101 | 1,643 |
| Orlando, FL | Not enough data on this day | ||
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL | Not enough data on this day | ||
| San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Not enough data on this day | ||
| Los Angeles, CA | Not enough data on this day | ||
| Tampa Bay, FL | Not enough data on this day | ||
On this date
- IRS employment tax deposit due — monthly depositors Monthly depositors deposit the employment taxes on wages paid during the previous month by the 15th day of the following month. Source: IRS — Employment tax due dates
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