The crisis does not give way and Italians are forced to give up restaurants and pizzerias

Due to the crisis, Italians go to restaurants less and less, so much so that the sector complains of a drop in household spending in the last two years of 2,5 billion euros (-4%). In 2012 the sector lost consumption by 1,6 billion and in 2013 a drop of 1,3% is expected, equal to 800 million euros. Fipe Confcommercio says it when presenting a new series.

Italian 'forks' are increasingly giving up a good restaurant or a good pizzeria. In 2012 the sector lost consumption by 1,6 billion and in 2013 a drop of 1,3% is expected, equal to 800 million euros. This was communicated by Fipe-Confcommercio on the occasion of the presentation of the new series 'Le Bussole' with the first volume 'The catering', a guide for entrepreneurs, old and new, which aims to suggest ideas for the renewal and promotion of their premises.
In two years, family consumption in restaurants fell by 4%, equal to 2,5 billion euros less and in 2012 spending in general decreased by 1,6 billion euros with a contraction of 2,5, 1,3%. A negative figure which is confirmed, albeit to a lesser extent, for the current year in which a decrease of XNUMX% is expected. A panorama that clashes with the data that see Italy in third place, after Spain and Great Britain, in the market for food consumption away from home.
A market which, however, has been put in great difficulty by the crisis of recent years with the closure of the many businesses related to catering. In fact, in the first half of 2013 the balance between openings and closures was negative for 5.000 financial years.
“In 2012 alone – explains the president of Fipe-Confcommercio, Lino Enrico Stoppani – there were over 16 businesses that started up a business with a number of terminations of 25.678, recording a negative balance of 9.345 businesses”.
The impact on business confidence and possible new entrepreneurs is heavy. In 2012, hopes for future prospects returned to the lowest levels of 2008, while the slight recovery recorded in the first part of the current year does not appear capable of reversing the negative cycle that began in the second half of 2011. “In the first half of 2013 – adds Stoppani – 9.985 businesses started up while 14.871 closed down. The state of suffering of internal demand does not negatively impact only on the commercial distribution network".