Aspect 1: Personal Habits & Stories

Focus on individual experiences, routines, and memorable moments.

1. What is your absolute "go-to" order when you can't decide what to eat, and why do you love it?

2. Describe your most memorable takeout/delivery experience—was it amazingly good, hilariously bad, or unexpectedly strange?

3. What's one food or cuisine you discovered through delivery that you probably wouldn't have tried otherwise?

4. Do you have any personal rituals or routines associated with ordering or eating takeout (e.g., watching a specific show, using your own plates)?

 Aspect 2: Culture & Community

Explore how takeout fits into social life and local culture.

1. How has frequent takeout/delivery changed your relationship with cooking or with local restaurants in your area?

2. Is ordering food together a common social activity in your circle? Do you have any fun group ordering stories or strategies?

3. What's a unique local dish or restaurant in your city/town that you think deserves worldwide fame via delivery?

4. From your observation, how did the culture of food delivery change before, during, and after the pandemic where you live?

 Aspect 3: The Economics & Logistics of Convenience

Discuss the practical sides: costs, choices, and technology.

1. What factors are most important to you when choosing a delivery app or platform (price, speed, restaurant selection, reviews)?

2. What's your stance on delivery fees, service charges, and tipping? Do you think the total cost is usually worth the convenience?

3. How do you feel about the environmental impact of takeout packaging? Have you made any changes in your habits because of it?

4. If you could invent one feature to improve the food delivery experience (for customers, drivers, or restaurants), what would it be?

 Aspect 4: Reflection & Alternatives

Step back and consider the bigger picture and personal balance.

1. In your opinion, what is the biggest positive AND negative effect that the rise of food delivery has had on society?

2. Imagine a "perfect world" alternative: What would a truly sustainable, fair, and convenient future of getting restaurant food at home look like?

3. Is there a dish you used to order frequently but have now stopped? What caused the change (cost, health, taste, etc.)?

4. When does takeout feel like a true treat versus when does it feel like a necessity or even a last resort?

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1. What is your absolute "go-to" order when you can't decide what to eat, and why do you love it?

The Hamburgers and roast Chicken from Wallace, or fast noodles. I love them because they are cheep but delicious

4. Do you have any personal rituals or routines associated with ordering or eating takeout (e.g., watching a specific show, using your own plates)?

When I have a new story for Halloween Town to write, I’ll just have instant noodles or order takeout at home, because it will save me a great deal of time

How has frequent takeout/delivery changed your relationship with cooking or with local restaurants in your area?

Food delivery affects my relationship with the cookings and waitstaff at the small local restaurants near my home, but it doesn’t affect my relationship with the nearby chain-brand restaurants 

That’s because in small restaurants, cookings and waiters rarely change, whereas in chain restaurants, the staff are already used to frequent turnover — you might see someone today, and tomorrow they’re gone

Is ordering food together a common social activity in your circle? Do you have any fun group ordering stories or strategies?

When we have time, money and mood, I will order a great deal of food with my mother. Then we will enjoy cozy time of sharing food

now, i try to decrease the frequency of order takeout, because it is not health. unless i am on business travel.

I think the most significant criterion for choosing takeout is to have a physical store,that is, to be able to dine in.This can to some extent avoid encountering takeout whith particularly poor hygiene

conditions.

What's your stance on delivery fees, service charges, and tipping? Do you think the total cost is usually worth the convenience?

Yeah, the total cost is always worth the convenience, the total cost of a delivered meal typically compares favorably to dining in at a restaurant