During the first quarter of 2023, restaurants in Russia saw their average guest check rise by around 11% year over year, landing near 640 rubles. This statistic was reported by the Prime Ministry, citing a press-service message from Kontur.Market, a service system used to track business activity.
In a direct quote fromKontur.Market, the average check for January through March 2023 ranged from 625 to 639 rubles, reflecting the same 11% increase observed compared with the previous year.
Kontur.Market noted that businesses issued checks for the first three months using the same period in the prior year, indicating consistency in the reporting framework for consumer receipts during that span.
Concurrently, catering sector revenue for the reporting period rose by 7% compared with Q1 2022, reaching 55,173 rubles billion in aggregate terms. This gain underscores the resilience of the food-service segment despite broader market fluctuations.
At the end of March, Kommersant, citing Kontur.Focus data, observed that 7.5 thousand new restaurants opened in Russia in the third quarter of 2022, a figure that marks an 11% decline from the same interval in 2021. The trend suggests a slowing pace of new openings amid market adjustments and regulatory considerations discussed in industry analyses [Kontur.Focus via Kontur.Market data].
In mid-March, News.ru, referring to Evotor’s online data repository, reported a 24% increase in the price of instant noodles in Russia for March 2023 compared with March 2022. The rise in staple-cooked goods prices is part of broader cost pressures facing households and food-service operators alike during the period under review [Evotor data cited by News.ru].