On a seasonally adjusted basis, sales in the food services and drinking places subsector increased for the third consecutive month, increasing by 0.5% to $8.1 billion in June.
Gains in limited-service restaurants (+0.8%), full-service restaurants (+0.8%) and drinking places (+2.2%) were responsible for the increase in June. Sales at special food services (-2.8%) were down.
In June, seven provinces saw higher sales, with the largest contributors to the increase being Ontario (+0.7%) and Alberta (+1.4%).
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