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RESTAURANTS IN CANADA FACING ‘FRUGAL MARKET’ AS SALES DIP – NATIONAL |
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Inflation is continuing to bite Canada’s restaurant industry, as sales have
dipped across the country and consumers are facing higher menu prices.



Data from Statistics Canada released Monday showed that the prices for food
purchased from restaurants increased by 5.1 per cent year over year in January,
continuing a trend seen last year.

Prices for alcohol beverages served in licensed establishments were also up by
5.3 per cent compared with the same time last year.

Meanwhile, overall seasonally adjusted restaurant sales dipped by 1.9 per cent
to $7.9 billion in January, according to StatCan.

Full-service restaurants saw the steepest decline in sales, dropping 6.4 per
cent annually, followed by special food services (-1.8 per cent) and drinking
places (-0.5 per cent).

Only limited-service eating places reported higher sales in January, increasing
by 2.4 per cent.

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The head of Restaurants Canada, a national food service association with almost
30,000 members across the country, said the StatCan data is “pretty frightening”
for an industry that is still reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
closures.

“We’re seeing the impact of our customers having a lot less discretionary
spending due to inflationary pressures, and we have been feeling the
inflationary pressures for some time now,” said Kelly Higginson, president and
chief operating officer at Restaurants Canada, in an interview with Global News.

Higginson said restaurant businesses are seeing cost increases across the board,
including food, equipment, repairs, utilities, wages and insurance.

“There’s only so long that you can have sales in decline and costs going up
before you’re going to see the real impact,” she said.


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January sales at food services and drinking places were down in seven Canadian
provinces.

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British Columbia (-6.9 per cent), Saskatchewan (-1.3 per cent), Quebec (-1.2 per
cent) and Ontario (-1.1 per cent) saw the largest declines, StatCan said.


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Meanwhile, eateries in Nova Scotia (+2.3 per cent), Newfoundland and Labrador
(+1.5 per cent) and New Brunswick (+0.1 per cent) saw their monthly food service
sales go up.







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Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie
University, said on top of higher menu prices, there is also less competition in
Canada, so fewer options for people when eating out.

Even though overall inflation has eased in recent months, thanks to some relief
at the grocery stores, Canadians are still grappling with a high cost of living.

As a result, these inflationary pressures are changing customer habits in a
“frugal market,” Charlebois said.

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“Food prices are incredibly problematic for consumers and so they’re looking for
cheaper options,” he said.

So, if people do want to eat restaurant food, they would ideally go for takeout
or get it delivered at home to save money on tipping, which is seen as a
financial obstacle for many, Charlebois said.

Canadian restaurant goers are also avoiding drinking alcoholic beverages when
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Charlebois said the best way to afford dining out is to just focus on one main
dish and avoid ordering side dishes, such as extra bread, drinks, dessert or
salad, as those items can add up in the bill.

“It may actually be a shorter meal, but it’s a meal that you probably can
afford,” he said.

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For fast-food orders, Charlebois advised going for the combos to save as much
money as possible.

If you’re dining with a group, sharing appetizers and having a tapas style meal
is another way to cut down your restaurant bill, Higginson said.

The food industry, along with travel, was one of the hardest hit sectors by the
COVID-19 pandemic due to lockdowns and other coronavirus restrictions.

In a recent survey conducted by Restaurants Canada, 62 per cent of restaurants
said they were operating at a loss or barely breaking even, up from 10 per cent
pre-pandemic.

Many businesses have also been forced to shut down, with 44 per cent reporting
bankruptcies — the highest annual level in a decade.

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“There’s still a lot of pressure on the industry … and they’ve got a lot of debt
coming out of four years of a significant volatile period,” Higginson said.







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Inflation has also forced restaurants to change or slim down their menus to cut
food wastage, while also using more cost-effective ingredients.

There has also been an increase in restaurant loyalty programs and other
creative experience offerings to entice diners, Higginson said.

She called on all levels of government to support the food service sector
through a “challenging period.”

“We do continue to work with all levels of government to try and make sure that
the industry can find stability after these four years, but we really have to
impress upon the government that there’s got to be a do-no-harm approach to any
policy that could increase costs for our industry and for all small- and
medium-sized businesses, for that matter.”



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