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Sales for the food services and drinking places industry increased 1.1% from October to $4.4 billion in November. During the same period, the price of food purchased in restaurants rose 0.2%.
In November, three of the four industry sectors posted higher sales compared with October: the full-service restaurant sector (+1.7%), the special food services sector, which includes food service contractors, caterers and mobile food services (+1.2%), and the limited-service restaurant sector (+0.7%). Sales in the drinking places sector fell 0.5%.
In November, all of the provinces posted higher sales. The largest increase was in Quebec (+1.6%), while the smallest gain was reported in Newfoundland and Labrador (+0.4%).
All data in this release are seasonally adjusted and expressed in current dollars. For more information on seasonal adjustment, see http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=11-010-X201000311141
