IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Income

The total income for the food and beverages industry in 2009 was R39 919 million. The largest contributor to the total income was restaurants, coffee shops and tearooms without liquor licence (R14 382 million or 36%), followed by takeaway and fast-food outlets (R11 466 million or 29%), caterers (R8 170 million or 20%), restaurants, coffee shops and tearooms with liquor licence (R4 335 million or 11%) and other catering services (R1 566 million or 4%) (Figure 1 and Table 2, page 7 of P6421).

Large enterprises (those with turnover equal to or greater than R13 million) generated 50% or R19 781 million of the total income of the food and beverages industry in 2009 (Figure 2 and Table 3, page 8 of P6421).

Expenditure

Expenditure in the food and beverages industry in 2009 amounted to R39 347 million. The expenditure consisted primarily of purchases (R20 397 million or 52%), followed by salaries and wages (R7 133 million or 18%), rental of land (R1 869 million or 5%), royalties (R1 249 million or 3%) and depreciation (R1 125 million or 3%) (Figure 3 and Table 4, pages 9 of P6421).

Employment

The total number of persons employed in the food and beverages industry at the end of June 2009 was 195 335. Restaurants, coffee shops and tearooms without liquor licence had the largest number of employees (79 805 or 41%), followed by takeaway and fast-food outlets (46 436 or 24%), caterers (40 720 or 21%), restaurants, coffee shops and tearooms with liquor licence (22 423 or 11%) and other catering services (5 951 or 3%) (Figure 6 and Table 9, page 15 of P6421).

The proportion of females out of the total persons employed was 63% and that of males was 37%. The industry with the highest proportion of females employed was takeaway and fast-food outlets (67%), whilst other catering services had equal proportions of males and females employed (Figure 7 and Table 9, page 15 of P6421).

Employment by enterprise size indicates that large enterprises (those with turnover greater than or equal to R13 million) had the highest number of employees (84 392 or 42%), followed by micro enterprises (69 482 or 36%) and medium enterprises (34 596 or 18%) (Figure 7 and Table 10, page 16 of P6421).