Food services and drinking places, September 2014
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Released: 2014-11-28
Sales at food services and drinking places decreased 1.1% to $4.9 billion in September, following a 1.7% gain in August. This industry had experienced strong sales growth since January 2014.
Prices for food purchased from restaurants were up 2.3% in the 12 months to September, following a 2.1% increase in August.
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Food services and drinking places sales decrease in September
In September, three of the four sectors reported lower sales. Sales in the full-service restaurant sector decreased 2.5%, more than offsetting August's gain. Sales in the special food services sector, which includes food service contractors, caterers and mobile food services, were down 2.9%. Sales in the drinking places sector declined 1.1% in September. The limited-service restaurant sector's sales increased 0.7%, the ninth consecutive increase.
Sales were down in eight provinces in September, largely as a result of the decline in the full-service restaurant sector.
Following strong increases in August, Ontario (-0.9%) and Quebec (-1.9%) accounted for more than half of the national decrease.
Sales in British Columbia were down 1.3%, following a 2.5% increase in August.
Nova Scotia reported a 1.4% decline in sales, the first decrease since March 2014.
Sales were up in Newfoundland and Labrador (+0.1%) and Prince Edward Island (+0.5%).
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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