Restaurant sales remain strong despite economic headwinds

Been to a restaurant lately? If you have, it'll be no surprise they're busier now than they've been in a long time. The most recent Statistics Canada data shows Alberta restaurants are faring better than their counterparts almost anywhere else in Canada. While the rest of Canada saw restaurant and bar sales drop by one per cent in August, in Alberta, restaurants only saw a decline of 0.1 per cent. Despite that, revenues soared, rising 10.7 per cent over August 2022 levels, and for the first eigh