F&B sales fall 1.6% YoY in August

The total sales value was estimated at $1.7b.

Singapore’s Food & Beverage (F&B) services sales fell 1.6% year-on-year (YoY) in August 2026, extending the 1.9% decline recorded in July, according to SingStat.

On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month (MoM) basis, F&B services sales increased 1.5% in August.

The total sales value of F&B services was estimated at $1.7b in August, with online sales accounting for 20.6% of the total. This was down from 20.9% in July.

Cafes recorded the largest YoY decline amongst the F&B segments, with sales falling 5.3% in August.

Food courts & other eating places followed with a 4.8% decline, whilst restaurants recorded a 2.1% drop.

Fast food outlets and food caterers were the only segments to record YoY sales growth, increasing 7.8% and 2.9%, respectively.

On a seasonally adjusted MoM basis, restaurants recorded a 2.5% increase in sales in August.

Food courts & other eating places rose 1.3%, whilst cafes and fast food outlets increased 1% and 0.1%, respectively.

Food Caterers was the only segment to record a MoM decline, with sales falling 0.8% in August.

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