Food services and drinking places, January 2015
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Released: 2015-03-31
Sales at food services and drinking places edged down 0.2% to $4.9 billion in January, following three consecutive monthly gains. Prices for food purchased from restaurants were up 2.8% in the 12 months to January, following a 2.5% increase in December. This was the highest price increase since April 2012.
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Food services and drinking places sales edge down in January
In January, three of the four sectors reported lower sales. Sales in the drinking places sector (-4.6%) declined for the fifth time in six months. Receipts at full-service restaurants declined 0.3%, the first decrease in four months. The limited-service restaurant sector was virtually unchanged in January, following gains in each month of 2014. Higher sales were reported in the special food services sector (+0.8%), which includes food service contractors, caterers and mobile food services.
Sales down in six provinces
Sales in Alberta declined 0.8% in January, following three consecutive monthly gains. Decreases were widespread across all of the subsectors.
British Columbia (-0.7%) registered lower receipts for the second consecutive month.
Nova Scotia (-1.4%) sales decreased for the third time in four months.
Newfoundland and Labrador reported a 1.9% decline following five consecutive monthly gains.
In dollar terms, Quebec (+0.4%) reported the largest gain.
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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