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What Are the Effects of the Popularity of Food Delivery?

     Ordering food delivery is now all the rage as food delivery apps become much more prevalent than before. Choosing what you want to eat and pressing the “order” button. With these two simple steps, the food you ordered will be delivered straight to your hands. Recently, food delivery provides citizens with a new way of buying food, and it also greatly influences the society. Three different effects resulting from the fact that food delivery is now everywhere will be discussed in this essay.

     First of all, the lifestyle of the community has been greatly changed by the popularity of food delivery. During the pandemic, people are unable to have meals in restaurants and are afraid of going outside to avoid infection. For those who cannot cook, food delivery is their savior. As a result, food delivery provides citizens with a new method to purchase daily necessities and meals. In addition, food delivery makes people become more convenient in daily lives, which lets them do not need to go outside in person. For example, when holding a birthday party for a friend, people are able to deliver a meal, cake, or even present to their friend through delivery service. Furthermore, when people are too tired to cook or too lazy to walk out, food delivery is definitely a perfect hero. Due to the force of the situation and the convenience, food delivery offers a diverse way of living life.

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     Secondly, the citizens’ health is also affected by ordering food delivery. Many people tend to buy their meals through food delivery, but it leads to the fact that they might order more unhealthy foods without noticing. The food choices on food delivery applications tend to have calorie-rich foods, and people may rapidly order instead of having adequate consideration. Moreover, food preservation is also an important issue to notice. After customers order their food and the restaurant finishes cooking, the meal has to wait for the food deliverers to come and spend time sending the meals to the customers’ hands. Not to mention if the deliverer has two orders to deliver at the same time, the leaving time of the meal will be much longer. These situations can seriously result in the deterioration of food and may even breed bacteria which can lead to sickness or stomachache. Even though food delivery provides convenience that enables people to buy food without going outside, there are still possibilities of causing health problems.

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       Lastly, food delivery can even cause environmental issue. A huge amount of plastic waste for packaging is a huge environmental problem. Each order needs a new tableware, instead of the reusable one for dining in. The number of the packaging material that we use now is larger than the time people are still not familiar with food delivery. As a result, the environmental burden on the Earth has become heavier and heavier. What’s more, having the food delivery service leads to the soaring usage of cars and motorcycles, which emits more gases into the air. The emission of harmful substances not only results in air pollution but also intensifies global warming. In brief, the popularity of food delivery can lead to negative influences on the environment and the precious Earth.

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      In conclusion, the trend of ordering food delivery leads to the change in lifestyle, health problems, and environmental issues. Food delivery is indeed convenient, but people should order precisely and appropriately. Ordering food delivery for each meal is not a good idea for both your health and the environment, so order it only when needed. In brief, food delivery has greatly influenced the current society. It provides convenience, but also leads to problems that should be seriously concerned.

Sources:

Andreas. (n.d.). 27 major pros & cons of food delivery

Retrieved from:

https://environmental-conscience.com/food-delivery-pros-cons/

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