Kwick365The Independent Restaurant Index

The day

Independent restaurants on September 1, 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.

Everything published on this day

Every Kwick365 reading and price index with a published cell for September 1, 2026. A dash in a change column means there was no comparable earlier day to measure against.

Every Kwick365 reading and price index published on September 1, 2026.
ReadingValue vs the day beforevs a week before Sample
Online order ticket median $ per order $31.10 −2.5% no change 712 restaurants, 8,579 orders
Online tip rate median tip ÷ subtotal 15.0% no change no change 712 restaurants, 1,101 tipped orders — 12.8% of 8,579 orders
Items per online order line items per order 2.0 no change no change 712 restaurants, 8,579 orders
Online orders per restaurant orders per active restaurant 12.0 −0.4% +5.3% 712 restaurants, 8,579 orders
In-store ticket median of each restaurant’s average ticket $31.37 −1.0% +0.6% 1,559 restaurants, 115,403 orders
In-store orders per restaurant median orders per restaurant 59.0 no change −1.7% 1,559 restaurants, 115,403 orders
Restaurants trading in store restaurants 1,559 +12% +0.1% 1,559 restaurants, 115,403 orders

How the metros ranked

Of the 2 metros that cleared the publication threshold on this day, Houston, TX ($35.40) was the highest and Atlanta, GA ($29.39) the lowest.

Median online order ticket by metro on September 1, 2026.

Median online order ticket by metro on September 1, 2026.
MetroMedian $ per orderRestaurantsOrders
Houston, TX$35.4068767
Atlanta, GA$29.391201,867
Orlando, FLNot enough data on this day
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FLNot enough data on this day
San Francisco Bay Area, CANot enough data on this day
Los Angeles, CANot enough data on this day
Tampa Bay, FLNot enough data on this day

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