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Sales for the food services and drinking places industry increased 0.3% from January to February to more than $4.1 billion in current dollars. During the same period, the price of food purchased in restaurants rose 0.2%, as measured by the Consumer Price Index.
In February, two of the industry's four sectors posted higher sales. The largest advance, at 3.0%, occurred in the special food services sector, comprising food service contractors, caterers and mobile food services. In drinking places, the sales increase was 2.0%.
Full-service restaurants, the largest of the industry's four sectors, registered a 0.1% sales decline.
Similarly, sales decreased by 0.1% in the limited-service restaurants, where patrons order and pay for their meals at the counter.
Provincially, British Columbia (+6.8%) and New Brunswick (+1.0%) were the only two provinces to record higher sales. Meanwhile, sales were down in Saskatchewan (-2.1%), Nova Scotia (-1.7%) and Ontario (-1.6%).
Note: All data in this release are seasonally adjusted and expressed in current dollars.
Preliminary data are provided for the current reference month. Unadjusted data, based on late responses, are revised for the two previous months. Seasonally adjusted data are revised for the three previous months. An annual revision will take place every spring to update all months in the previous year. Revisions are based on information not available at the time of initial estimates, to improve data quality and coherence.
Starting with the reference month of March 2009, estimates are based on the latest restratified sample. For additional information, consult the article "Monthly Survey of Food Services and Drinking Places: Impact of restratification" by clicking on the survey number 2419 listed below.
Available on CANSIM: table 355-0006.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2419.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Marc Racette (613-951-2924; fax: 613-951-6696; marc.racette@statcan.gc.ca) or Pierre Felx (613-951-0075; fax: 613-951-6696; pierre.felx@statcan.gc.ca), Service Industries Division.
Table 1
| February 2009 | November 2009r | December 2009r | January 2010r | February 2010p | January to February 2010 | February 2009 to February 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
| $ thousands | % change | ||||||
| Total, food services sales | 3,949,761 | 4,017,691 | 4,095,013 | 4,095,073 | 4,106,743 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| Full-service restaurants | 1,752,561 | 1,770,529 | 1,821,548 | 1,802,543 | 1,800,917 | -0.1 | 2.8 |
| Limited-service eating places | 1,667,554 | 1,726,065 | 1,737,568 | 1,754,394 | 1,753,513 | -0.1 | 5.2 |
| Special food services | 309,530 | 314,258 | 322,042 | 324,013 | 333,844 | 3.0 | 7.9 |
| Drinking places | 220,116 | 206,839 | 213,855 | 214,123 | 218,469 | 2.0 | -0.7 |
| Provinces and territories | |||||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 47,737 | 49,310 | 50,043 | 50,874 | 50,561 | -0.6 | 5.9 |
| Prince Edward Island | 13,634 | 14,349 | 14,581 | 14,658 | 14,531 | -0.9 | 6.6 |
| Nova Scotia | 103,903 | 103,092 | 103,907 | 105,832 | 103,987 | -1.7 | 0.1 |
| New Brunswick | 77,186 | 80,793 | 80,421 | 80,873 | 81,678 | 1.0 | 5.8 |
| Quebec | 805,624 | 810,571 | 825,249 | 831,325 | 831,389 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| Ontario | 1,474,254 | 1,513,674 | 1,567,186 | 1,531,907 | 1,506,799 | -1.6 | 2.2 |
| Manitoba | 112,795 | 119,937 | 120,655 | 120,251 | 119,175 | -0.9 | 5.7 |
| Saskatchewan | 108,551 | 115,981 | 116,310 | 117,245 | 114,730 | -2.1 | 5.7 |
| Alberta | 553,424 | 546,184 | 543,540 | 554,761 | 550,856 | -0.7 | -0.5 |
| British Columbia | 640,920 | 651,142 | 660,145 | 673,922 | 719,804 | 6.8 | 12.3 |
| Yukon | 3,811 | 4,380 | 4,271 | 4,458 | F | F | F |
| Northwest Territories | 6,514 | 6,932 | 7,152 | 7,001 | F | F | F |
| Nunavut | 1,408 | 1,346 | 1,553 | 1,966 | F | F | F |
