Catering sector

The catering sector in Spain recovered in 2016, when a new 47,000 net jobs y increased sales by 2%according to data published in February 2017 by Brands of Restoration.

What stands out most is that this sector is at the top in terms of job and wealth creation in our country.
In the last three years, the catering industry has created 192,000 jobs, which means that the sector has been successful in its job creation strategy.

The vice-president of The NPD Group in Europe, he passes on his words to us by saying that the Spanish catering industry has performed adequatelyThe market is mainly driven by the organised catering sector, with a neutral evolution in independent operators.

Spain leads Europe in terms of traffic generation, behind only the UK.

This sector has always been committed to growth, and already in 2016 the total sales of the association's member chains grew by 7.81 p.p.t.3t.more than twice as much as GDP. By the end of the year, there will be an estimated sales growth of around 4.8%This translates into double the growth rate of the economy.

In addition, it is estimated that 450 new premises opened by the end of 201775 million from the 35 chains that make up Marcas de Restauración.

The data provided by the company NPDindicate that the restaurant market closed 2016 with a growth of 1.9% compared to sales in Spain, which represents an increase of 648 million euros. However, we still remember the decline of the market in 2015, when it had already consolidated 7 years in negative.

All this growth is supported by growth in the number of visits (1.3%), with 96 million additional out-of-home consumers, and also by the move from a modest 0.4% increase in average spend per diner to 4.82%.

Each Spaniard consumed outside the home an average of 157 times a year.This represents an increase of two more visits per person in 2015.
The main generators of visits are provided by the fast food restaurants, cafés and tapas barscontributing 80% of the increase in traffic in 2016.

On the other hand, in 2016 there was a increase in the average ticket in Italian restaurants and hamburger joints. The number of breakfasts away from home is accelerating and more is spent on dinners. The breakfasts are responsible for activating the market. in terms of traffic generation, accounting for almost 50% of new visits to the market. Dining accounted for 45% of sales in 2016.

There has been a fall in takeaway consumptionbut the number of home deliveries as a channel has grown. Chains have been gaining market share, accounting for 25% of total industry sales in 2016.