"If 2025 had a flavor, it was whatever came in a bowl. Americans this year spent their lunch breaks shoveling in salads, burritos, and grain bowls, according to new data from Uber for Business. Consider this roundup your Slop Bowl Wrapped - the definitive look at what workers actually ate between Zooms, commutes, and creeping existential dread. Residents from more than half of the US ordered healthy bowls and salads more than anything else, Uber found."
"Chipotle and Panera Bread were other popular choices. "The office desk salad is nothing new, and for good reason," Ash Kebriti, Global Head of Uber for Business, Health and Transit, told Business Insider. "Bowls and salads make for lighter lunches that are easier to digest and leave workers fueled to tackle the rest of the workday." That finding was also supported by a report from Zest, an app which tracks the restaurants users visit and helps make recommendations based on their preferences."
Uber for Business data shows that salads, burritos, and grain bowls dominated office-worker lunches in 2025. More than half of US residents ordered healthy bowls and salads as top choices, with Sweetgreen the most-ordered spot in many cities and several states. Chipotle and Panera Bread also ranked highly. Zest data corroborated that fast-casual spots like Chipotle and Sweetgreen outpaced competitors as top lunch destinations for users in 2025. Despite continued challenges and slumping traffic for some slop-bowl chains, bowl-style lunches remained widely popular, while niche cuisines gained traction in certain markets.
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