Subject to controversy, the application of a reduced rate of 5.5 in the service of dining table, which will be endorsed today "contract for the future" between the Government and employers in the sector, will intervene in a context of crisis for the sector. "He must go back to 1992-1993 to find such a situation," said even a pattern of a group of restoration to theme, under cover of anonymity. Flipping the market, tangible as early as summer 2008, is, it is true, again amplified in the first quarter of 2009, according to data collected by "Les Echos".
Early trends of the NPD Group research firm, the first three months of the year are thus marked by a decline of 2 of the attendance of establishments of commercial restoration, the third quarterly decline in a row, the decline of 1.5 in terms of consumer spending. Beyond these average indicators, the resistance of the segment of the fast food sector locomotive in recent years is confirmed, even though table service suffers. As stated by the Director of the restoration of NPD Group in France division, Christine Tartanson, the decrease in attendance is, indeed, more than 2 for fast food, while it is between 2 and 10 for dining table. Sign of the times, for this segment, even the restoration of string is the penalty.

2008, a bleak year
Buffalo Grill, the first French player is sometimes presented as a "low cost" operator, thus accuses a decrease of 7.7 on a comparable basis, reducing attendance overall was 1.8, indicates the President of the Executive Board, Jean-François Sautereau. Its turnover, it deflects from 5.4 in the same network but it is stable overall ( 0.7). For its part, Léon in Brussels have, according to our information, a decrease of activity on a comparable basis of slightly less than 7 in the first quarter, against a rise of 1.4 for the whole of 2008, a year morose. The specialist of the mussels and chips formula, which yesterday published its 2008 annual accounts, records, indeed, to the title of his last year decreased by 9.2 of the operational result current (EUR 5.3 million), its net income leaping 166,1 (14.3 million) with its disposals of walls.
On the traditional restoration, the President of the employers ' organisation Synhorcat, Didier Chenet, refers to a "decline in sales of 20 to 50 " in the province! For its part, the leader of the network of independent operators hostels & pubs of France, Régis Bulot, note a shift from the traditional clientele of restaurants gourmet to establishments of quality, but positioned less high. Hoping that "the bridges of the month of may will allow to see if the sector resumes", he also saw crab-wise commercial, also observed efforts on strings.
But for some professionals, implementing VAT rate reduced from July 1, which would have counterparts estimated at 11.8 price drops on average , 20,000 hirings and 20,000 contracts alternating, appears all the more imperative in the context of crisis, that it would "Save" the 2009 tourist season.