Kwick365The Independent Restaurant Index

The day

Independent restaurants on October 1, 2026

Data as of — 23 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 October 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 October 1, 2026.
ReadingValue vs the day beforevs a week before Sample
Online order ticket median $ per order $31.70 +0.3% +0.2% 847 restaurants, 11,566 orders
Online tip rate median tip ÷ subtotal 15.0% no change no change 847 restaurants, 1,436 tipped orders — 12.4% of 11,566 orders
Items per online order line items per order 2.0 no change no change 847 restaurants, 11,566 orders
Online orders per restaurant orders per active restaurant 13.7 +6.6% +4.8% 847 restaurants, 11,566 orders
In-store ticket median of each restaurant’s average ticket $32.32 +0.8% +0.1% 1,769 restaurants, 144,713 orders
In-store orders per restaurant median orders per restaurant 64.0 +4.9% +3.2% 1,769 restaurants, 144,713 orders
Restaurants trading in store restaurants 1,769 +0.6% −0.7% 1,769 restaurants, 144,713 orders
Restaurants in the index restaurants 1,960 no change +0.2% counted from the menu index on the build date
Median Google rating stars out of 5 4.3 no change no change 1,664 restaurants with 50 or more Google reviews
Rated 4.5 or better share of rated restaurants 34.0% +0.2% no change 1,664 restaurants with 50 or more Google reviews
Taco (single) median listed price, per taco $5.99 no change +6.5% 836 menu items from 85 restaurants
Burrito median listed price, each $11.99 no change no change 718 menu items from 78 restaurants
Pho (regular bowl) median listed price, per bowl $14.25 no change no change 225 menu items from 34 restaurants
Pizza slice median listed price, per slice $4.50 no change no change 260 menu items from 41 restaurants
Large pizza median listed price, per pie $21.99 no change no change 46 menu items from 20 restaurants
Burger (basic) median listed price, each $13.00 no change no change 157 menu items from 37 restaurants
California roll median listed price, per roll $7.00 no change no change 319 menu items from 231 restaurants
Ramen (basic bowl) median listed price, per bowl $15.50 no change no change 794 menu items from 133 restaurants
Wings (10 pc) median listed price, per 10 pc $10.99 no change no change 57 menu items from 43 restaurants
Chicken fried rice median listed price, per order $11.99 no change +0.3% 530 menu items from 389 restaurants
Pad Thai median listed price, per order $14.99 no change no change 60 menu items from 27 restaurants
Coffee (regular drip) median listed price, per cup $3.49 no change no change 113 menu items from 47 restaurants
Margarita (house) median listed price, each $10.00 no change no change 285 menu items from 122 restaurants

How the metros ranked

Of the 2 metros that cleared the publication threshold on this day, Houston, TX ($34.73) was the highest and Atlanta, GA ($30.44) the lowest.

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

Median online order ticket by metro on October 1, 2026.
MetroMedian $ per orderRestaurantsOrders
Houston, TX$34.7377969
Atlanta, GA$30.441362,273
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

On this date

  • International Coffee Day Kwick365 publishes a Coffee (regular drip) index. Source: National Day Calendar

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