IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

The main contributor to the decrease of 6,6% in total income for November 2009 compared with November 2008 was restaurants and coffee shops (-12,8% and contributing -7,6 percentage points). However, this decrease was partly counteracted by an increase in income for takeaway and fast-food outlets (11,2% and contributing 2,4 percentage points).

The total income generated by the food and beverages industry for November 2009 decreased by 6,6% compared with November 2008. The decrease was largely due to decreases in income from food sales (-4,6% and contributing  4,0 percentage points) and income from bar sales (-16,1% and contributing -1,9 percentage points).

Total income for food and beverages decreases during the three months ended November 2009

The 2,9% decrease in total income for the three months ended November 2009 compared with the three months ended November 2008 was due to decreases in income reported by restaurants and coffee shops (-7,5% and contributing -4,4 percentage points), other catering services (-12,6% and contributing -0,6 of a percentage point) and caterers (-2,8% and contributing -0,4 of a percentage point). However, these decreases were counteracted by an increase in income reported by takeaway and fast-food outlets (11,5% and contributing 2,5 percentage points).

The total income generated by the food and beverages industry for the three months ended November 2009 decreased by 2,9% compared with the three months ended November 2008. Decreases were reported for income from food sales (-2,6% and contributing -2,3 percentage points), income from bar sales (-3,1% and contributing -0,3 of a percentage point) and other income (-12,9% and contributing -0,2 of a percentage point).