It’s been a year since UberEATS arrived in South Africa, making your takeaway orders all the more glorious.

Changing the way restaurants connect to customers, the app has helped many a local eatery get its feet off the ground.

To celebrate their birthday in the country, UberEATS released some of the more interesting statistics about their first year, reports Memeburn:

In the year it’s been in SA, UberEATS has surpassed 550 000 downloads from a consistent 10 000 downloads a week.

Furthermore, delivery partners have driven almost five million kilometres, which is the same distance as making six trips to the moon and back. Nic Robertson, General Manager for UberEATS Middle East and Africa, says South African’s aren’t shy to get their favourites either:

“If you lined up each chicken wing we delivered end-to-end, the wings would be 35 times the height of the Ponte Building in Hillbrow! We have delivered enough fries to cover the same distance as a return trip from Joburg to Cape Town – 40 times!”

The most ordered items are cheeseburgers followed by margarita pizzas, salmon fashion sandwiches, salmon California rolls, and butter chicken. Sounds about right.

And the eateries its helped out? There are a few:

Capetonian restaurant Poke Co was able to move out of the owner’s own kitchen thanks to the app, Jazzy’s Pizza makes more than 80% of its revenue from UberEATS, and RocoMama’s growth was pushed to double digits — the highest it’s ever been.

Boom boom pow.

The company also revealed the smallest and biggest order:

The smallest UberEATS order this year was a single Dolce Kiss, which costs R4,50. One poor soul wanted a chocolate truffle so badly, they thought it worth the service delivery fee of R20, the extra bank charges, and a 33-minute wait, which UberEATs says is its average delivery time.

That’s super random – I wonder who and why.

One order probably took longer, though, and that was the delivery service’s biggest meal of the year: 39 cheeseburgers, 16 fried chicken burgers, 21 Cokes, 22 Creme Sodas, 14 Stoneys, and three green salads.

Because those three green salads at the end make it healthy, you know.

If you have yet to try out the UberEATS app, it’s a very straightforward procedure:

• Download the app or head to HERE and sign up or sign in with your Uber login details
• Tell us where to deliver – add your home, work, or any other address you’d like
• Browse local restaurants – search for your favourite local spot or try something new
• Check out with a tap – pay with your card already on file and enjoy free delivery for a limited time
• Track your order – watch as your order is prepared, picked up, and delivered right to your door

Get on that – it’s the perfect way to celebrate their first birthday.

[source:memeburn]