The day
Independent restaurants on April 15, 2026
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.
- +11% Restaurants trading in store to 1,597 1,597 restaurants, 124,689 orders
- +9.6% Online orders per restaurant to 11.9 771 restaurants, 9,213 orders
- +4.9% In-store orders per restaurant to 64.0 1,597 restaurants, 124,689 orders
- +4.1% Online order ticket to $31.80 771 restaurants, 9,213 orders
Everything published on this day
Every Kwick365 reading and price index with a published cell for April 15, 2026. 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 | $31.80 | +4.1% | +0.1% | 771 restaurants, 9,213 orders |
| Online tip rate median tip ÷ subtotal | 15.0% | no change | no change | 771 restaurants, 1,266 tipped orders — 13.7% of 9,213 orders |
| Items per online order line items per order | 2.0 | no change | no change | 771 restaurants, 9,213 orders |
| Online orders per restaurant orders per active restaurant | 11.9 | +9.6% | +2.6% | 771 restaurants, 9,213 orders |
| In-store ticket median of each restaurant’s average ticket | $32.06 | +2.2% | +0.5% | 1,597 restaurants, 124,689 orders |
| In-store orders per restaurant median orders per restaurant | 64.0 | +4.9% | +1.6% | 1,597 restaurants, 124,689 orders |
| Restaurants trading in store restaurants | 1,597 | +11% | +1.7% | 1,597 restaurants, 124,689 orders |
How the metros ranked
Of the 2 metros that cleared the publication threshold on this day, Houston, TX ($36.70) was the highest and Atlanta, GA ($29.83) the lowest.
Median online order ticket by metro on April 15, 2026.
| Metro | Median $ per order | Restaurants | Orders |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston, TX | $36.70 | 70 | 755 |
| Atlanta, GA | $29.83 | 129 | 2,037 |
| 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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