Food outside the home has a high of 4.3%

Sales of foodservice networks associated with the Instituto FoodService Brasil (IFD) recorded in April high of 4.3% in the annual comparison. The data, which accompanies inflation in the period, occurs between the stores opened more than 12 months ago. The growth in the fourth month of the year was lower than the increment presented in March, also in the annual comparison, when the increase was in the house of 6.4% and exceeded the inflation in the period, measured by the IPCA, which was at 4.58%. The segment has been operating in blue since July of last year, after presenting Indentas in 2018 in April (-2.5), may (-1.7%) June (-4.2%) and July (-0.5%). There was also progress in the number of transactions carried out, in the order of 3.1%. In the case of transactions carried out in the country, the last negative result pointed out by the entity had happened in October 2018, when losses reached 2.2. Average ticket according to IFB, the average ticket of Brazilians with foodservice companies was R $25.30, still a reflection of the cautious consumer with spending on food outside the home. In note, IFB points out that the still reticent result is directly linked to the performance of the Brazilian economy in points such as employment, decreased income and uncertainties with the future of the economy. Even before this scenario, in April, about a year earlier, companies in the sector tried to maintain some pace of inaugurations. As a result there was a breakthrough in the house of 0.6% in number of commercial establishments geared to food outside the home. The IFB has today 47 associates which, together, have an annual turnover of more than R $63 billion.