Restaurant activity grew 4.22% in December of 2025

Restaurant’s activity (food and beverage services) increased 4.22%, during December 2025, compared to the same month of the year 2024, explained by the positive behavior of restaurants group, other activities of food service and beverage service. On the other hand, catering foodservice registered an unfavorable behavior.

The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) revealed that in the year 2025, this activity registered an accumulated growth of 2.25% compared to the year 2024.

During December of 2025, restaurants group grew 3.61%, based in the positive performance of the following business pollerías (chicken grill restaurants), fast foods, international food, sandwich restaurants, meats and grills, restaurants, pizza restaurants and cevicherías (seafood restaurants), driven by commercial strategies such as agreements with financial and telecommunications entities, conditioning of wide and private environments, implementation of dancing buffet and presentation of live shows in weekends.

Likewise, it was registered dynamism in establishments that offers creole food, touristic restaurants, confectioneries, ice-cream shops, coffee restaurants, Chifas (Chinese food restaurants), before the diversification of menu and celebrations for Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Peruvian Grill Day and Cyber Monday. In addition to the foregoing, it contributed the performance of gastronomic fairs such as “Sabores de Chancay” (Lima) and the “First International Fair of Cacao of Excellence Peru” (Cusco).

During the twelfth month of 2025, the other activities of food service of registered an increase of 5.28%, driven by food concessionaires, since the renovation and acquisition of contracts for the provision of food services in dining rooms of health centers, shopping centers, prison facilities, industrial companies, education institutions, mining and entities of the financial system, among the main ones.

Likewise, it increased the provision of meals for contractors (food services to transportation companies) due to the greater demand of air and land transportation companies, as a response to the long holidays expected during the month under study.

Beverage service expanded by 8.63%, during the last month of 2025, due to the greater activity of coffee shops, bar restaurants, juice shops, and bars, before the start of the summer season, events due the festivities of the end of the year, opening of facilities at national level, promotions in free drinks, hot beverages, salted and sweet snacks, offers in special combinations of juices, discounts with digital payment methods and incorporation of Christmas combos.

By comparing December of 2025 with the same month of 2024, catering service reduced by 13.28%, due to the decrease of contracts in the preparation service and distribution of foods for events, in the attention of buffets, executive breakfasts, conferences and conventions.