{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_eklzkjh54asfqy5yn7ha","title":"Food services and drinking places sales reach close to $9 billion in July: Statistics Canada","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/food-services-and-drinking-places-sales-reach-close-to-9-billion-in-eklzkjh54a","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_eklzkjh54asfqy5yn7ha","seq":641962,"kind":"article","title":"Food services and drinking places sales reach close to $9 billion in July: Statistics Canada","url":"https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2026/09/food-services-and-drinking-places-sales-reach-close-to-9-billion-in-july-statistics-canada","summary":"In July, the largest increase in sales in dollar terms came from full-service restaurants (+0.8%), the industry's seventh consecutive month-over-month increase. The post Food services and drinking places sales reach close to $9 billion in July: Statistics Canada appeared first on Retail Insider .","published":"2026-09-29T10:00:00Z","seen":"2026-09-29T10:42:32Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-retail-insider-com-5a993f","name":"retail-insider.com","domain":"retail-insider.com"},"via":"kite-retail-insider-com-5a993f","topics":["retail","news","retailer news","top stories","business","mario toneguzzi","restaurants","restaurants canada"],"authors":["Mario Toneguzzi"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1155740","name":"Statistics Canada","type":"org"}],"story":"st_eklzkjh54asfqy5yn7ha","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.9300000071525574,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.46000000834465027,"political":0.07999999821186066}]}