On a seasonally adjusted basis, sales in the food services and drinking places subsector increased by 0.5% to $8.0 billion in April.
Gains in limited-service restaurants (+0.6%) and special food services (+3.1%) were responsible for the increase in April. Sales at full-service restaurants (-0.1%) and drinking places (-0.4%) were down.
In April, seven provinces saw increased sales, with the largest contributors to the increase being Alberta (+2.0%) and British Columbia (+0.6%). Ontario (-0.3%) saw the largest decline.
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