Canned drinks on food delivery in 2026: the can leads wherever the pack is named, but most drink listings never name it

44% of UK delivery storefronts selling drinks list a canned drink, yet only 15% of UK drink listings name the pack, and 5% in Germany.

In September 2026, 44% of UK delivery storefronts that sell drinks listed a canned drink by name. In Brazil the share is higher still, at 59% (August 2026). Yet the bigger story for drinks brands is what the menus do not say: across the UK, Brazil, the Netherlands and Germany, most drink listings never tell the customer whether they will get a can or a bottle.

For F&B brands, delivery is a channel where the pack is invisible unless someone writes it down. Where menus do name the pack, the can leads in all four markets.

About the figures

The figures cover the full delivery menus of 440,000+ storefronts with a full menu in the United Kingdom, 120,000+ in Germany and 32,000+ in the Netherlands (September 2026), and of the leading app in Brazil (August 2026). A storefront is one restaurant or shop on one app. A drink listing is a menu item whose name names a drink, or that sits in a drinks section of the menu; meal deals that name their drink count too. A listing names the pack when its name says can or bottle (or the local word: blik, Dose, lata, fles, Flasche, garrafa). Drink choices offered only as options inside a meal are not counted. Country figures are shares of storefronts that sell drinks; app figures are shares of all storefronts on the app.

The can on each app

Just Eat in the UK stands out: 57% of all its storefronts list a canned drink. On Uber Eats UK the share is 35% and on Deliveroo 30%. In the Netherlands, 27% of storefronts on Thuisbezorgd list a can, against 8% on Uber Eats. In Germany the can barely appears on any app: 8% of storefronts on Lieferando, 2% on Wolt and 2% on Uber Eats. On iFood in Brazil it is 39%.

Bar chart of storefronts on each app listing a canned drink, September 2026: Just Eat UK 57%, Uber Eats UK 35%, Deliveroo UK 30%, Thuisbezorgd NL 27%, Uber Eats NL 8%.

By country, among storefronts that sell drinks, 59% list a can in Brazil, 44% in the UK, 18% in the Netherlands and only 6% in Germany.

Bar chart of delivery storefronts that sell drinks listing a canned drink: Brazil 59%, United Kingdom 44%, Netherlands 18%, Germany 6%.

Where the pack is named, the can leads

Cans lead in all four markets. Among drink listings that name the pack, cans make up 77% in Brazil, 68% in the Netherlands, 66% in Germany and 57% in the UK. The UK is the closest contest: bottles, glass or plastic, still account for 43% of its pack-named drink listings.

Stacked bars of cans against bottles among drink listings that name the pack: Brazil 77% cans and 23% bottles, Netherlands 68% and 32%, Germany 66% and 34%, United Kingdom 57% and 43%.

Most drink listings never name the pack

Only 15% of UK drink listings name the pack, and in Germany it is 5%. Brazil names it most often, in 23% of drink listings, many of them meal deals that promise a "lata" with the food. In the Netherlands it is 9%. Everywhere else the customer sees "Cola" or "Cola 0.33l" and has to guess.

Bar chart on a 0 to 100% scale of drink listings whose name says can or bottle: Brazil 23%, United Kingdom 15%, Netherlands 9%, Germany 5%.

Drinks are on almost every menu

89% of UK Uber Eats storefronts sell drinks, and 93% of storefronts on Thuisbezorgd in the Netherlands. Drinks are everywhere on delivery menus, while the pack is named on only a minority of drink listings.

Why now

Delivery menus are written by restaurants, often in a hurry, and the pack is the first detail to go. That matters more each year: the can and the bottle carry different prices, margins and sustainability stories, and a customer who cannot see the pack cannot choose it. As delivery apps add grocery and convenience storefronts, the pack becomes part of the product the customer is buying.

What F&B brands should do

Get the pack into the listing. Offer restaurants and platforms ready-made listing names and images that state the pack and size; in Germany and the Netherlands only a small minority of drink listings do it today.
Back the format that fits the market. The can leads among pack-named listings everywhere, most of all in Brazil; in the UK the bottle still holds a large share, so do not assume one mix fits every market.
Use the meal deal. Meal deals are where the pack most often disappears, and in Brazil they are also where it is named most. Agree pack-specific meal options with the restaurants that sell your drinks.
Track it per app. The same market can look very different on two apps, so measure pack visibility app by app, not only by country.

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