The day
Independent restaurants on December 20, 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.
- +8.7% In-store ticket to $37.79 1,448 restaurants, 142,777 orders
- −8.4% Online orders per restaurant to 13.4 742 restaurants, 9,918 orders
- −7.6% In-store orders per restaurant to 73.0 1,448 restaurants, 142,777 orders
- +5.9% Online order ticket to $37.25 742 restaurants, 9,918 orders
Everything published on this day
Every Kwick365 reading and price index with a published cell for December 20, 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 | $37.25 | +5.9% | +2.4% | 742 restaurants, 9,918 orders |
| Online tip rate median tip ÷ subtotal | 15.0% | no change | no change | 742 restaurants, 1,503 tipped orders — 15.2% of 9,918 orders |
| Items per online order line items per order | 3.0 | no change | no change | 742 restaurants, 9,918 orders |
| Online orders per restaurant orders per active restaurant | 13.4 | −8.4% | −1.3% | 742 restaurants, 9,918 orders |
| In-store ticket median of each restaurant’s average ticket | $37.79 | +8.7% | no change | 1,448 restaurants, 142,777 orders |
| In-store orders per restaurant median orders per restaurant | 73.0 | −7.6% | −1.4% | 1,448 restaurants, 142,777 orders |
| Restaurants trading in store restaurants | 1,448 | −0.8% | +0.6% | 1,448 restaurants, 142,777 orders |
How the metros ranked
Of the 2 metros that cleared the publication threshold on this day, Houston, TX ($41.14) was the highest and Atlanta, GA ($35.33) the lowest.
Median online order ticket by metro on December 20, 2025.
| Metro | Median $ per order | Restaurants | Orders |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston, TX | $41.14 | 64 | 785 |
| Atlanta, GA | $35.33 | 134 | 2,377 |
| 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
- New York sales tax return due — quarterly filers The September 1 – November 30 quarter is due by the 20th. New York returns are filed no later than 20 days after the end of the period they relate to. Source: NYS Department of Taxation and Finance — Filing Requirements for Sales and Use Tax Returns
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