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Food services and drinking places, August 2014

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Released: 2014-10-31

Sales in the food services and drinking places industry rose 1.2% to $4.9 billion in August, the seventh increase in eight months. Higher sales were reported in all four sectors. Prices for food purchased from restaurants were up 2.1% in the 12 months to August.

Chart 1  Chart 1: Food services and drinking places sales increase in August - Description and data table
Food services and drinking places sales increase in August

Chart 1: Food services and drinking places sales increase in August - Description and data table

The gain in August was led by full-service restaurants (+1.5%), which posted an eighth consecutive increase. Sales in the limited-service restaurant sector were up 0.7%. Sales in the special food services sector, which includes food service contractors, caterers and mobile food services, rose 2.4%. Sales in the drinking places sector edged up 0.1%.

Sales were up in eight provinces in August, on the strength of the full-service restaurant sector.

In dollar terms, Ontario led the national gain, reporting a 0.9% sales increase.

Sales in Alberta were up 1.9%, the largest provincial month-over-month percentage growth.

Quebec (+1.4%) and Manitoba (+1.2%) posted increases in sales in August, with higher sales in the full-service restaurant sector more than offsetting declines in the limited-service restaurant sectors.

Sales in British Columbia were up 1.5%, the largest increase in 12 months.

Following gains in July, sales in New Brunswick (-0.3%) and Prince Edward Island (-1.2%) decreased in August.

  Note to readers

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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