The annual expenditure on restaurants and cafes of households in the United Kingdom amounted to roughly 60 billion British pounds in 2020, down 39 percent from the previous year. Spending was particularly lower during the second quarter of the year, reaching as low as 3.8 billion British pounds. That was 83 percent less than in the same period of 2019. The annual expenditure on restaurants and cafes by UK households significantly declined in 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic which resulted in strict stay-at-home measures implemented across the country to control the spread of the virus. In the fourth quarter of 2021, annual expenditure increased to nearly 26 billion.
Expenditure on restaurants, cafes etc. in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2015 to 4th quarter 2021, based on volume
(in million GBP)
Household final consumption expenditure based on chained volume measures (seasonally adjusted). Figures are given here in volume terms rather than value terms to give a better picture of whether households purchased more or less goods and services over the period in consideration.
As noted by the source, includes alcoholic beverages sold for immediate consumption away from the home by hotels, restaurants, cafés, bars, kiosks, street vendors, automatic vending machines, etc. and excludes tobacco purchase. Does not include catering services, canteens or tobacco purchases.
All figures prior to and including 2021 came from previous reports.
Data can be found under Table 11KS in the Excel sheet.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (June 30, 2022). Expenditure on restaurants, cafes etc. in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2015 to 4th quarter 2021, based on volume (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/476600/quarterly-expenditure-on-restaurants-and-cafes-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Expenditure on restaurants, cafes etc. in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2015 to 4th quarter 2021, based on volume (in million GBP)." Chart. June 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/476600/quarterly-expenditure-on-restaurants-and-cafes-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2022). Expenditure on restaurants, cafes etc. in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2015 to 4th quarter 2021, based on volume (in million GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/476600/quarterly-expenditure-on-restaurants-and-cafes-uk/
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Expenditure on restaurants, cafes etc. in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2015 to 4th quarter 2021, based on volume (in million GBP) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), June 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/476600/quarterly-expenditure-on-restaurants-and-cafes-uk/