5 things restaurant owners want customers to know about ordering takeout and delivery during the pandemic

Delivery has become the new normal for restaurants across America.

Stay-at-home orders and restrictions on non-essential businesses have forced the restaurant industry to enter unprecedented territory. Now, every operating restaurant in the country relies on takeout and delivery.

As a diner, you should still order delivery and takeout if you can. But there's a right way to do it.

Business Insider spoke with five restaurant owners about what their biggest struggles during the pandemic have been, and delivery was a recurring theme in all conversations.

Here are the five biggest things restaurant owners want you, the customer, to know about ordering delivery and takeout.