Following a decline in 2009, the annual expenditure by households in the United Kingdom on restaurants, cafes and other food outlets slowly increased, amounting to roughly 98 billion British pounds in 2019. However, consumer spending on restaurants and cafes in the UK significantly declined in 2020 to 59.9 billion British pounds 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.
Annual expenditure on restaurants and cafés in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2020, based on volume
(in million GBP)
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 purchases. 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.
All figures prior to and including 2020 came from previous reports.
Data can be found under Table 11KS in the Excel sheet.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (March 31, 2021). Annual expenditure on restaurants and cafés in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2020, based on volume (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/476531/annual-expenditure-on-restaurants-cafes-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Annual expenditure on restaurants and cafés in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2020, based on volume (in million GBP)." Chart. March 31, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/476531/annual-expenditure-on-restaurants-cafes-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2021). Annual expenditure on restaurants and cafés in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2020, based on volume (in million GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/476531/annual-expenditure-on-restaurants-cafes-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Annual Expenditure on Restaurants and Cafés in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2005 to 2020, Based on Volume (in Million Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/476531/annual-expenditure-on-restaurants-cafes-uk/
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