Food services and drinking places, August 2012
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Sales for the food services and drinking places industry rose 0.6% between July and August to $4.4 billion. During the same period, the price index for food purchased in restaurants increased 0.2%.
In August, three of the four industry sectors posted higher sales compared with July: the full-service restaurant sector (+0.8%), the limited-service restaurant sector (+0.5%) and the special food services sector, which includes food service contractors, caterers and mobile food services (+0.3%). Sales in the drinking places sector were relatively stable (-0.1%).
In August, eight provinces posted higher sales, with the largest increase in Manitoba (+2.3%). The biggest decline was in Alberta (-0.6%).
Note to readers
All data in this release are seasonally adjusted and expressed in current dollars. For more information on seasonal adjustment, see Seasonal adjustment and identifying economic trends.
Seasonally adjusted data are revised for the three previous months. Data are also revised annually. Revisions improve data quality and coherence and are based on information not available at the time of the initial estimates.
Available without charge in CANSIM: table CANSIM table355-0006.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number survey number2419.
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