
On a seasonally adjusted basis, sales in the food services and drinking places subsector increased by 8.7% to $8.0 billion in January. Each of the industry subsectors saw an increase: full-service restaurants (+9.6%), limited-service restaurants (+8.6%), special food services (+7.4%) and drinking places (+1.8%). All the provinces saw increases, with the largest being in Ontario (+8.6%) and British Columbia (+15.4%).
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