CATI Script for the Prepared Food and Beverage Sales Survey

Introduction

Hello, this is (interviewer’s name) from Statistics Canada. May I please speak to the business manager, the owner, or with someone who can provide information on the sales of prepared food and non-alcoholic beverages by your business?

We're conducting the Prepared Food and Beverage Sales Survey to collect information about the sales of food and non-alcoholic beverages that are exempt from the Ontario Retail Sales Tax.

This survey is being collected under the authority of the Statistics Act and your answers will be kept strictly confidential and used for statistical purposes only. Your response is required by law.  Your assistance is essential if the results are to be accurate.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

Statistics Canada may combine individual responses from this survey with information from other surveys.

My supervisor may be listening for the purpose of quality control.

I would like to review your business information.

Use standard 802 block to review business information and update the Business Register (BR).

If NAICS = (44 and 45) Go to Q3, Else Go to Q1

1) Please report your total sales of prepared food and non-alcoholic beverages between January and December 2009.

C0100
$0 to 999999999997 If C0100 = 0 go to End, Else go to Q2
999999999998 = Refused go to End
999999999999 = Don’t know go to End

2) Of that total, please report the amount or percentage of sales that were Retail Sales Tax (RST)-exempt.

 

3) Please report your total sales of prepared food and non-alcoholic beverages from your prepared foods counter between January and December 2009.

 

C0300
$0 to 999999999997 If C0300 = 0 go to End, Else go to Q4
999999999998 = Refused go to End
999999999999 = Don’t know go to End

4) Of that total, please report the amount or percentage of sales that were RST-exempt.

 

End

 

The interview is now finished.

Do you have any comments about this survey?

C9920
C9913
C9914
C9915
C9916
C9917
C9918

On behalf of Statistics Canada, I thank you for taking part in this survey.