AMMAN — The restaurant sector
witnessed an estimated 40 percent decline in sales in 2022, according to Head of
the Jordanian Union of Restaurants and Confectionery Proprietors Omar Al-Awwad.
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Awwad said that restaurant sales dropped
during the first six months of 2022, then improved during the third quarter due
to a wave of expatriate arrivals, only to decline again in the last quarter of the
year, Al-Ghad daily reported.
He attributed the low sales figures primarily
toa decline in the purchasing power of citizens, as essential food items have
dramatically increased in cost — by 25 percent, according to some estimates —
driving up
restaurant costs by more than 35 percent.
Jordan has approximately 20,000
restaurants employing more than 100,000 Jordanians, he said.
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