F&B sales fall 3.4% in January on CNY timing effect

Singapore Business Review
2026.03.06 03:33
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Food and Beverage (F&B) services experienced a 3.4% year-on-year decline in January, attributed to the timing of the Chinese New Year. Restaurant sales dropped 9.3% YoY, while fast food outlets fell 1%. Conversely, café sales rose 9.3% and food caterers increased by 3.1%. On a month-on-month basis, F&B sales rose 1.8% from December, with total sales reaching $1.6 billion, of which 22.1% were online transactions, down from 25.8% in December.