Food services and drinking places, July 2014
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Released: 2014-09-30
Sales in the food services and drinking places industry increased for the sixth time in seven months in July, rising 0.6% to $4.8 billion. Prices for food purchased from restaurants rose 2.1% in the 12 months to July, following a 2.3% increase in June.
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Food services and drinking places sales increase in July
Higher sales were reported in three of the four sectors in July, led by gains in the full-service restaurant sector (+1.1%). The limited-service restaurant sector posted an increase of 0.2%, offsetting June's decline. Sales in the drinking places sector were up 0.4%. Sales in the special food services sector, which includes food service contractors, caterers and mobile food services, decreased 0.2%, the first decline since December 2013.
Sales were up in six provinces in July. Ontario (+0.9%) accounted for more than half of the national gain, led by increases in the limited-service and full-service restaurant sectors.
British Columbia's sales were up 1.0% on the strength of the full-service restaurant sector.
Sales growth in Manitoba (+1.3%), Saskatchewan (+1.1%), New Brunswick (+1.3%) and Nova Scotia (+0.8%) was largely driven by the limited-service restaurant sector.
Alberta reported a 0.3% decline in July, giving back some of June's gain.
Sales in Quebec were unchanged.
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All data in this release are seasonally adjusted and expressed in current dollars. For more information on seasonal adjustment, see Seasonally adjusted data – Frequently asked questions.
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