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– ratesupermarket.ca
With the weather heating up, it’s almost the time of year when restaurant patios fill up with people enjoying good food outside. But while there are few things more relaxing than eating a delicious meal while enjoying the warm weather, it appears that this year there will be fewer Canadians indulging in that luxury.
A recent study by The Conference Board of Canada suggests that a perfect storm of stagnant income growth and mounting household debt means that more consumers will be eating at home in the coming months.
This slowdown in demand is expected to continue over the medium term according to Michael Burt, the organization’s director of Industrial Economic Trends. In a press release, Burt explains the problem is directly linked to debt loads: “Canadians now carry the highest debt-to-income ratio among G7 countries,” he states, adding debt has a direct impact on the food service industry since “one of the first items that households cut back in difficult economic times is dining out…
