IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Total income from food and beverages industry for September 2011
The total income generated by the food and beverages industry for September 2011 was 7,2% higher than for September 2010. The contributor to this increase was food sales (8,6% and contributing 7,4 percentage points).

The contributors to the positive annual growth rate of 7,2% in total income for September 2011 were takeaway and fast-food outlets (15,8% and contributing 4,3 percentage points), followed by restaurants and coffee shops (3,9% and contributing 2,1 percentage points) and catering services (4,1% and contributing 0,8 of a percentage point).

Total income from food and beverages industry for the third quarter of 2011
The total income generated by the food and beverages industry for the third quarter of 2011 increased by 5,2% compared with the third quarter of 2010. The contributors to this increase were food sales (5,8% and contributing 5,0 percentage points) and bar sales (4,2% and contributing 0,5 of a percentage point). However these increases were counteracted by the decrease in catering services (-11,5% and contributing -0,2 of a percentage point.

The year-on-year increase of 5,2% in total income for the third quarter of 2011 were from takeaway and fast-food outlets (13,3% and contributing 3,7 percentage points) followed by restaurants and coffee shops (2,2% and contributing 1,2 percentage points) and catering services (2,1% and contributing 0,4 of a percentage point).