{"id":211177,"date":"2021-04-28T11:51:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T09:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/?p=211177"},"modified":"2021-04-28T11:54:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T09:54:44","slug":"bars-worse-hit-than-restaurants-in-the-past-year-of-the-corona-lockdown-fast-food-take-away-sales-static","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/bars-worse-hit-than-restaurants-in-the-past-year-of-the-corona-lockdown-fast-food-take-away-sales-static\/","title":{"rendered":"Bars worse hit than restaurants in the past year of the Corona Lockdown! Fast Food Take-Away sales static!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>In this weekend\u2019s Daily Maverick 168 <\/b>my eyes caught an article pertaining to restaurant and bar sales, and how they have performed since February 2020.<\/p>\n

Interestingly Take-Away Fast Food sales barely increased, contrary to expectations. <\/p>\n

The newspaper quotes February 2021 \u00a0Statistics South Africa Data as follows:<\/p>\n

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# \u00a0Overall the Food and Beverage sector declined by 25% relative to February 2020<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Bar sales dropped by 49% in the same twelve month period<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Food sales declined by 23%<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Comparing January 2020 and 2021, the declines were even worse, Bar sales dropping by 81% and Food sales by 38%.<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Catering sales experienced a heavy drop of 50% in the February 2020 – February 2021 period, reflecting the initial ban on Events, followed by restrictions on Event sizes.<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Restaurant and Coffee shop sales declined by 32% in the year ending February 2021.<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Take-away and fast food outlet sales remained stagnant, a surprise given how many locals ordered in. Perhaps the vast number of restaurants entering the Delivery and Collections market in competition to chain and franchise take-away outlets like McDonalds at the early start of the Lockdown took away business from the long-established take-away outlets.<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Ordering in from restaurants, with delivery by the notorious Uber Eats, remains an option for those who are still hesitant about eating out, although restaurants have been doing really well since February this year, once the Restaurant closing time was moved to 23h00, and alcohol sales were allowed in restaurants again.<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Comparing January and February 2021 data, the Food and Beverage sector declined by 17% in January and increased by 25% in February, reflecting the impact of the Lockdown regulation changes.<\/p>\n

The Daily Maverick 168<\/b> article written by Ed Stoddard concludes that our country is \u2018truly becoming a fast food nation\u2019.<\/i>\u00a0I beg to differ! The role played by non-fast food Restaurant Deliveries \u00a0will be hidden in the Statistics SA data.<\/p>\n

Photograph: Anatoli Mediterranean Restaurant<\/p>\n

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Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog: www.whaletalesblog.com \u00a0www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog Tel +27 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@Ulmenstein Facebook: Chris von Ulmenstein Instagram: @Chrissy_Ulmenstein @MyCapeTownGuide<\/strong><\/p>\n

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