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March 25, 2021FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, JANUARY 2021 Month-over-Month (Jan 2021 vs Dec 2020, seasonally adjusted)
Nova Scotia food services and drinking places receipts increased 13.2% month-over-month to $122.0 million in January 2021. This was the largest monthly increase across all provinces.
Canada’s food services and drinking places declined 2.8% to $4.1 billion as lockdown measures remained in place in several provinces. Five provinces reported month-over-month declines with New Brunswick (-9.6%) reporting the largest decline in percentage terms.
Year-over-Year (Jan 2021 vs Jan 2020, seasonally adjusted)
On a seasonally adjusted basis, Nova Scotia’s food services and drinking places receipts declined 15.7% in January 2021 when compared to the previous year. Nationally, food services and drinking places receipts were down 36.5% over the same period. Newfoundland and Labrador (+3.5%) was the only province that posted a year-over-year increase. The largest decline was reported in Quebec (-46.6%).
NOVA SCOTIA SECTORS
Nova Scotia Year-over-year Sales by Establishment Type (Jan 2021 vs Jan 2020, unadjusted for seasonality)
Compared to January 2020, the reductions in food services and drinking place receipts have been most pronounced for Nova Scotia’s full-service restaurants (-$281.0 million). In percentage terms, the declines have been more severe for drinking places (-53.0%) and special food services (-44.6%) with a smaller decline for limited-service eating places (-9.6%).
Looking at different sectors:
- Limited-service eating places decreased 9.6% (-$86.3 million) to $67.7 million.
- Full-service restaurants decreased 40.5% (-$281.0 million) to $32.0 million.
- Special food services decreased 44.6% (-$52.3 million) to $3.8 million.
- Drinking places -alcoholic beverages decreased 53.0% (-$26.7 million) to $1.3 million.
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%) on a seasonally adjusted basis. Recovery began with rapid gains in May 2020 (+31.8%) and June 2020 (+34.7%). Compared to February 2020, Nova Scotia's January 2021 food services and drinking places sales were still -16.4% below their pre-pandemic levels.
National food services and drinking places sales declined 2.8% to $4.1 billion in January 2021. This decline was mostly due to the second wave of COVID-19 restrictions that were in place in several provinces. National food services and drinking places sales were still 36.6% below their pre-pandemic levels.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 21-10-0019-01 Monthly survey of food services and drinking places (x 1,000)
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