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October 22, 2020FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, AUGUST 2020
Month-over-Month (Aug 2020 vs Jul 2020, seasonally adjusted)
- Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts increased 2.3 per cent to $116.5 million.
- Canada's food services and drinking places receipts increased 6.4 per cent to $5.1 billion.
- Nine provinces reported monthly increases in food services and drinking places, with
- Ontario (9.5%) reporting the largest gain, and
- Manitoba (-3.7%) reporting the largest decline in percentage terms.
Year-over-Year (Aug 2020 vs Aug 2019, seasonally adjusted)
- Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts decreased 21.7 per cent.
- Canada's food services and drinking places receipts decreased 21.5 per cent.
- None of the provinces reported year-over-year increases in food services and drinking place receipts, with
- Saskatchewan (-8.6%) reporting the smallest decline and
- Ontario (-26.6%) reporting the largest decline in percentage terms.
Year-to-Date(Jan-Aug 2019 vs Jan-Aug 2020, seasonally adjusted)
- Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts decreased 26.0 per cent (-$305.1 million).
- Canada's food services and drinking places receipts decreased 27.8 per cent (-$14,221.3 million).
- None of the provinces reported year-to-date increases in food services and drinking place receipts, with
- Saskatchewan (-19.2%) reporting the smallest decline and
- Ontario (-31.1%) reporting the largest decline in percentage terms.
Long-run Trend
Nova Scotia's Food services and drinking places month over month sales declined sharply in March 2020 (-32.5%) and April 2020 (-38.7%). Recovery began with rapid gains in May 2020 (+31.8%) and June 2020 (+34.9%). Compared to February 2020, Nova Scotia's August 2020 Food services and drinking places sales were still -20.1 per cent below their pre-pandemic levels.
National food services and drinking places sales continued to rebound for the fourth consecutive month but are still -21.9 per cent below pre-pandemic levels. All provinces report food services and drinking places sales remain -10 per cent to -27 per cent below February 2020 levels.
NOVA SCOTIA SECTORS
Nova Scotia Year-over-year Sales by Establishment Type (Jan-Aug 2020 vs Jan-Aug 2019, unadjusted for seasonality)
Compared with Jan-Aug-19, the reductions in food service and drinking place receipts have been most pronounced for Nova Scotia's full-service restaurants (-$212.8 million or 46.1 per cent). In percentage terms, the declines have been more severe for drinking places (-53.7 per cent).
- Limited-service eating places decreased 12.8 per cent (-$75.9 million) to $81.7 million.
- Full-service restaurants decreased 46.1 per cent (-$212.8 million) to $48.1 million.
- Special food services decreased 37.7 per cent (-$26.7 million) to $3.5 million.
- Drinking places -alcoholic beverages decreased 53.7 per cent (-$18.2 million) to $3.0 million.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 21-10-0019-01 Monthly survey of food services and drinking places (x 1,000)
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