The catering establishments made significantly less sales in September than before the corona pandemic. One area in particular is struggling.
German gastronomy has still not recovered from the Corona crisis. In September of this year, the companies achieved price-adjusted sales that were 12.6 percent below the level of September 2019, as the Federal Statistical Office reported.
Also compared to the same month last year, 0.2 percent was missing. Bars have been hit particularly hard: revenues from drinks served have fallen by 34.5 percent within four years. Restaurants, pubs and cafes recorded a gap of 8.1 percent.
The falling sales are also accompanied by fewer employees. In September they were 4.0 percent higher than a year ago, but also 6.7 percent below the pre-crisis level of 2019.
In the fight for staff, which has become scarcer during the pandemic, companies can rarely point to good earning potential. Exactly half of the catering employees worked on low wages in October 2022. In the overall economy, the proportion of low-wage jobs with an hourly wage of 12.76 euros at the time was only 15.2 percent.
Communication from Destatis
Source: Stern
