Food services and drinking places, October 2012
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Sales for the food services and drinking places industry decreased 0.2% from September to $4.4 billion in October. During the same period, the price index for food purchased in restaurants rose 0.2%.
In October, three of the four industry sectors posted lower sales compared with September: the special food services sector, which includes food service contractors, caterers and mobile food services (-1.9%), the drinking places sector (-0.7%), and the full-service restaurant sector (-0.1%). Sales in the limited-service restaurant sector rose 0.2%.
In October, five provinces reported higher sales, four saw declines while one was unchanged. The biggest increase was in Newfoundland and Labrador (+1.1%). The largest decline was in British Columbia (-1.1%).
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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To enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Yukman Cheung (613-951-8354; yukman.cheung@statcan.gc.ca), Service Industries Division.
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