Food caterer sales continue year-on-year decline in April

Whilst all other food and beverage sectors show sales growth from last year, sales from food caterers fell by 31.7%

Food and beverage services sales increased by 73.4% in April compared to the same month last year, according to latest government data.

This is higher than the 8.4% increase recorded in March, due to the significantly low base in April 2020, the start of the Circuit Breaker period.

However, this is still below pre-COVID levels.

Broken down into sectors, restaurant sales saw a massive 172.9% increase, fast food outlets a 34.8% increase and other eating places a 59.6% increase.

Sales for food caterers continue to fall on the negative, with a 31.7% decline in April 2021 compared to April 2020.