New Zealanders managed to ingest five weeks' worth of takeaways in the first week after moving to alert level 3.
That's according to a report from ASB, which also says that in the future households might prefer cheaper luxuries like takeaways to more expensive big-ticket items.
So did level 3 arrive just in time to help save the hospitality industry?
Mike Egan is the president of the Restaurant Association of New Zealand and co-owner of Monsoon Poon in Wellington and Auckland, along with the Boulcott Street Bistro and Burger Liquor in Wellington.
Egan told Morning Report the industry kicking back into action was a welcome distraction for many.
While reports are often focused on drive-through takeaway, Egan said restaurants are adapting to the times and creating at-home meal kits.
"We seem to be getting great support from regulars who have a hankering from the flavours of those restaurants."
They're innovations that might stick around but Egan said our social natures mean we'll want to meet with friends when we can.
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"We're not food factories, we're like little public living rooms."
Egan's restaurants are running on a tiny portion of staff who work in bubbles; three people will work instead of seven, they'll work for a few days and then will swap out with another team.
"It gets them out of their home and gets them thinking about work - people do love work."
While some of the association's members are itching to reopen, Egan said he himself is leaving the opinion on when up to the experts.