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March 21, 2018FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, JANUARY 2018 JANUARY 2018
In 2014 and 2015, Nova Scotia's food service and drinking place receipts grew at a similar pace to the national average. In 2016, Nova Scotia's food services and drinking places reported sales growth that exceeded the national pace before falling below the national pace early in 2017.
Statistics Canada reports that during January 2018, receipts of food services and drinking places in Nova Scotia increased by 0.6 per cent (seasonally adjusted) to $138.1 million. National food service and drinking place receipts decreased 0.5 per cent to $5.83 billion over December 2017. Nationally, the price for food purchased from restaurants was up 3.7 per cent and alcoholic beverages prices rose 1.4 per cent.
The seasonally adjusted Nova Scotia Food services and drinking places index (2015=100) increased to 112.0 while the national index fell to 114.4.
On a year-over-year basis (comparing January 2018 with January 2017), food service and drinking place receipts were up 4.5 per cent in Nova Scotia while national sales were up 4.7 per cent. The fastest growth over the last year was in Prince Edward Island (+8.1%) and British Columbia (+7.7%) while Saskatchewan (-2.7%) is the only provinces reporting a year over year decline.
Year-to-Date (January 2018 vs. January 2017)
For January 2018 compared to January 2017, unadjusted Nova Scotia food service and drinking place receipts were up 4.8 per cent or $5.4 million. Among types of establishments, limited-service eating places account for over 50 per cent of total sales receipts while full-service restaurants make up 36 per cent of sales. Sales from special food services, consisting of food contractors and caterers, account for 8 per cent of sales and drinking places (alcoholic beverages) are 4 per cent of total sales.
Comparing January 2018 with January 2017, limited-service sales were up 10.9 per cent (or $6.0 million) while full-service restaurants sales were mostly unchanged, increasing 0.2 per cent. Special food services sales receipts were down 9.7 per cent and drinking places grew 4.7 per cent compared to January 2017.
BACKGROUND: FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES
Each month, Statistics Canada reports on receipts of food services and drinking places for Canada and the Provinces. Food service and drinking place receipts are seasonally adjusted. More detailed data on receipts by type of establishment are available monthly, but these are not seasonally adjusted so only year-over-year or year-to-date analysis is appropriate.
Food service and drinking place establishments include:
- full-service restaurants where patrons order and are served while seated and pay after eating
- limited-service restaurants where patrons order/select items at a counter and pay before eating either on premises or as take-out
- special food services, such as institutional food contractors, caterers or mobile food providers
- drinking places primarily engaged in serving alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption (though they sometimes provide limited food services as well)
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 355-0006
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