Restaurants activity increased 5.32% in March 2024

Restaurants activity grew 5.32% in March 2024, showing an increasing trend since December 2023, due to the positive evolution of its four big components: activities of restaurants and mobile service of foods, other activities of food service, foods service and catering foodservice.

Restaurants activity accumulated an increase of 3.03% among January and March of the current year, compared with the same period of 2023.

The restaurant group increased in 2.71% in March 2024, driven by the activities of restaurants, touristic restaurants, pollerías (grilled chicken), fast foods, coffee restaurants, cevicherías (seafood restaurants), chifas (Chinese restaurants), pizza restaurants, Italian food, and sandwich restaurants, in response to promotions such as the week of Cyber Days, discounts to subscribers of mass media, new products presentation, opening of franchises and extension of the menu.

The activity was also favored by the celebration of the Day of Women and Holy Week, as well as the performance of gastronomic events such as the VII Edition Festival of the Vendimia Paracas 2024 and the Gastronomic event Viva.

Other activities of food service registered variation of 17.12%, due to the greater activity of food concessionaires due to expansion of services at national level, supported in the renovation and winning contracts with schools, universities, hospitals, clinics, industrial companies, mining companies and financial entities.

Likewise, food supply service for contractors (services of supplying of foods for contractors (food services to transportation companies) registered a growth due to greater frequency of travels linked to domestic and external tourism and to the Holly Week.

The beverages service reported a progress of 2.59%, due to the dynamism in the business of bar restaurants, bars, discos and coffee shops, influenced by the variety of snacks and new combinations, organization of events or thematic parties, new proposal of tours and bars, as well as the remodeling of settings, extension of schedules, good advertising and marketing management.

Provision of foods by contract (catering) increased 3.94%, due to greater contracts of services of preparation and distribution of foods for national and international events, corporative, conferences, anniversaries, marriages and baby showers, offering coffee break lunch time and brunch services.

Positively influenced the attention to the Forum Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC PERU 2024, with impact in the demand of catering service.