IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

 Year-on-year percentage change in food and beverages income at constant 2015 prices by type of income

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), total income generated by the food and beverages industry decreased by 44,8% in August 2020 compared with August 2019. The largest decreases were recorded for:

• bar sales (-86,4%); and
• ‘other’ income (-70,8%).

Year-on-year percentage change in food and beverages income at constant 2015 prices by type of enterprise

In August 2020, the main contributors to the 44,8% year-on-year decrease were:

• restaurants and coffee shops (-62,7% and contributing -31,4 percentage points); and
• catering services (-66,1% and contributing -10,4 percentage points).

Total income decreased by 51,5% in the three months ended August 2020 compared with the three months ended August 2019. The main contributors to this decrease were:

restaurants and coffee shops (-74,3% and contributing -37,9 percentage points); and

catering services (-60,2% and contributing -9,2 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted food and beverages income increased by 15,0% in August 2020 compared with July 2020. This followed month-on-month changes of 13,2% in July 2020 and 221,9% in June 2020.