Number of delis, chip shops, and similar services in Italy 2020, by month

The number of dine-in delis, chip shops, and pizza by the slice shops in Italy decreased remarkably in April 2020 over the previous month. As the Italian government implemented a national lockdown to limit the spread of COVID-19 infections, restaurants and similar food services had to stay close to the public between March and May 2020. As a result of the closures, the number of such companies dropped from around 1,900 in March to roughly 1,200 in April. While this scenario improved during the summer, the number of services went down again over the last months of 2020, as the country adopted new emergency restrictions due to the health crisis.