How long people take to repay a borrowed restaurant meal
20%
20% reported one week to less than one month longest repayment time for one restaurant meal, takeout order or delivery in the past year — the most common answer.
n = 3,062 Americans who borrow for everyday expenses · Fielded September 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
one week to less than one month20%
one month to less than three months15%
less than one week14%
three months or longer6%
not fully repaid3%
0%50%100%
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,062
- Population
- Americans who borrow for everyday expenses
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- September 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- What Americans Borrow Money For
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (September 2026). "How long people take to repay a borrowed restaurant meal" Survey of 3,062 Americans who borrow for everyday expenses, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/how-long-people-take-to-repay-a-borrowed-restaurant-meal
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