IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

The total income generated by the food and beverages industry for August 2009 decreased by -2,3% compared with August 2008. The decrease was due to decreases in income from food sales (-1,7% and contributing -1,5 percentage points) and income from bar sales (-7,9% and contributing -0,8 of a percentage point).
The main contributors to the decrease of -2,3% in total income for August 2009 compared with August 2008 were restaurants and coffee shops (-2,7% and contributing -1,5 percentage points), caterers (-8,2% and contributing -1,3 percentage points) and other catering services (-20,0% and contributing -1,0 percentage point). However, these decreases were partly counteracted by an increase in income by takeaway and fast-food outlets (6,7% and contributing 1,5 percentage points).

Total income for food and beverages increases marginally during the three months ended August 2009

The total income generated by the food and beverages industry for the three months ended August 2009 increased by 0,4% compared with the three months ended August 2008. This was mainly due to the increase in income from food sales (1,3% and contributing 1,2 percentage points). However, there were decreases reported for income from bar sales (-6,0% and contributing -0,7 of a percentage point) and other income (-8,9% and contributing -0,1 of a percentage point).

The 0,4% increase in total income for the three months ended August 2009 compared with the three months ended August 2008 was due to an increase in income by takeaway and fast-food outlets (11,6% and contributing 2,6 percentage points). However, the increase was counteracted by decreases reported by other catering services ( 18,3% and contributing -0,9 of a percentage point), restaurants and coffee shops (-1,4% and contributing -0,8 of a percentage point) and caterers (-3,2% and contributing -0,5 of a percentage point.