Seasonal Food Deliveries Chew on These Halloween Food Facts
The season of food has begun!
It’s the time of year our seasonal food deliveries team waits for patiently. Beginning NOW, until the end of the year, clients from across the Metroplex and across the country will request our food couriers to transport everything from temperature sensitive chocolate to live turkeys to frozen hams. Oh, and, even though they aren’t food, let’s not forget those live Christmas trees!
While our Eagle Express couriers do work 24/7/365, this time of year is special for us, because we know how important food is for making the season bright.
While Halloween isn’t exactly the most traditional of the big end of year festivities, our seasonal food couriers know it’s important, especially post COVID, to deliver the treats- no tricks- to kick off the holiday season.
No Tricks! Just Facts About Your Favorite Halloween Treats
Americans purchase nearly 600 million pounds of candy each year.
74% of people think Halloween is “more important than ever” now that we’re rebounding from COVID.
The most popular candy is Skittles. Americans purchase 3.3 million pounds of the rainbow candy every Halloween.
We spend $4.6 billion on candy in the weeks leading to Halloween. That’s about $25 per house.
However, Easter is the holiday where we spend the most on candy.
Americans spend $3.1 billion on costumes for Halloween.
86% of parents steal candy from their kids. (Of course!)
Each Halloween, the average kid eats between 3,500 and 7,000 calories…mostly in sugar! That’s going to take 44 hours of basketball to burn off.
Candy Corn used to be called “Chicken Feed” due to its resemblance to poultry product.
Tootsie Rolls used to be used in battle as rations for “quick energy”.
You can freeze chocolate for freshness six months past its expiration date.
It takes between 364 and 411 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
PEZ were originally created to help smokers quit.
You can have too much of a good thing. According to the American Chemical Society, 262 fun-sized candy bars would poison you. Don’t worry, though, you’d vomit first.
It is estimated the standard pillowcase can hold around 1,600 pieces of candy.
172 million people in America will celebrate Halloween.
Half the US population is expected to buy Halloween candy this year.
The amount of candy purchased each year would fill six Titanics.
The world’s heaviest Jack o’ Lantern weighed 2, 350 pounds.
There’s nothing scarier than the unknown when you have time and temperature sensitive food items out for delivery during the busy holiday season. That’s why you have Eagle Express on your side. Consider these important nuggets of information about our food couriers.
Fast Facts About Seasonal Food Deliveries by Eagle Express
Eagle Express has been serving Dallas Fort Worth with seasonal food deliveries for over 40 years.
Eagle couriers are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every single day of the year.
Refrigerated trucks, vans, and sedans are in our fleet of vehicles for deliveries of all sizes.
Eagle operates with state of the art technology to track your deliveries and plan your routes.
We aren’t limited to city limits or state lines. Eagle delivers throughout the continental United States.
Every delivery is backed by a full suite of insurance from A-rated providers.
Super rush cargo moves scary-fast: in as little as 45 minutes!
Seasonal food deliveries are what our couriers look forward to every year! Let us deliver your time and temperature sensitive confections, creations, and traditions.
Don’t forget! While food is our most deliveries delivery, our couriers also transport everything from medications to building supplies. Not sure if we have the means to move your cargo? Call us today at 214-351-5777 for an immediate delivery need or a free quote.