Press release from Statistics Sweden

2013-01-07 9:30 AM Nr 2013:3

Restaurant Index, November 2012:

The volume of sales for restaurants in November 2012 showed an increase of 7.2 percent compared to the same period last year. The volume of sales for cafes was strong and increased by 11.3 percent. From January 2012 the Restaurant Index includes VAT.

The volume of sales for cafes increased by 11.3 percent in November. Other types of restaurants with positive volumes of sales were lunch and evening restaurants (+10.2 %) and fast-food restaurants (+7.6 %).

At the same time the turnover for restaurants, in current prices, increased by 7.3 percent in November compared to the same month last year.

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