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. 2020 Oct 12;12(10):3107. doi: 10.3390/nu12103107

Table 1.

Summary and definition of data extracted from food outlets and derivation.

Data Features Definition
Popular food outlets Food outlets listed in the ‘popular near you’ section of the Uber Eats website after entering a delivery location (i.e., suburb)
Unique food outlets A food outlet with a distinct physical location
Rating (/5) Rating is calculated based on the average ratings a food outlet received for their last 500 rated orders, or all orders they have completed if they haven’t done 500 yet
Reviews Number of reviews a food outlet received up to 500. If a food outlet has >500 reviews listed as ‘500+’
Number of delivery suburbs Number of suburbs with delivery coverage for a unique food outlet
Delivery cost ($) Cost of delivery for an order from a food outlet to a delivery suburb
Delivery distance (km) Shortest distance between the food outlet and the delivery suburb determined using Google Maps [32]
Unique delivery routes Unique food outlet multiplied by number of delivery suburbs
Most popular menu items Menu items that are listed in the first section of a food outlets full menu under the heading ‘most popular’