Motivation. Food-away-from-home makes up more than half of U.S. food spending, with digital platforms like Uber Eats and DoorDash rapidly reshaping how people eat. Emerging evidence suggests that unhealthy options are often more prominent in digital settings, especially in delivery settings. Yet we know little about what consumers actually encounter and purchase in these digital food environments.

 

What we do. Meal Clicks examines food away from home in digital environments, including Uber Eats, DoorDash, and restaurant websites, to understand how these platforms influence consumer behavior. We assess whether and how digital design can support healthier, more informed choices. The project also evaluates industry-led tools, such as just-in-time nudges, and tests how existing food policies translate into digital contexts.​ For example, Meal Clicks runs in multiple editions, each focusing on a specific restaurant type and a policy or industry tool, including unhealthy food taxes, soda taxes, nutritional labels, and adaptations of SNAP’s Restaurant Meals Program, often combined with just-in-time interventions