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Diminishing Appetite for Rising Prices—The Situation of Polish Restaurants in the Face of Inflation Cover

Diminishing Appetite for Rising Prices—The Situation of Polish Restaurants in the Face of Inflation

Open Access
|Mar 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Price significance when choosing a supplier of goods by gastronomy owners in 2019–2023 (Source: Own study analysis based on PMR Market Experts, 2023)

Figure 2.

Conditions for running a catering establishment in 2023 (Source: Own study analysis based on ARC Rynek Opinia & FOR Restaurant, 2023)

Figure 3.

Conditions for running a catering establishment in 2023 with a breakdown of the answers for individual segments (Source: Own study analysis based on ARC Rynek Opinia & FOR Restaurant, 2023)

Figure 4.

Price increases in individual restaurants in 2023 (Source: Own study analysis based on ARC Rynek Opinia & FOR Restaurant, 2023)

Figure 5.

The level of expenditures on restaurant and hotel services per person in the household (in PLN) and their share in disposable income (%) from 2000 to 2022 (Source: Own study based on data from household budgets from subsequent years, GUS)

Figure 6.

Changes in customer behavior in 2023 (Source: Own study analysis based on ARC Rynek Opinia & FOR Restaurant, 2023)

Figure 7.

Declarations regarding the use of HoReCa services in 2023 (Source: Own study analysis based on PMR Market Experts, 2023)

Figure 8.

Attitudes toward the use of catering services in the situation of rising prices in Poland (Source: Own study analysis based on PMR Market Experts, 2023)

Revenues from catering activities in the years 2020–2022 (Source: Own study analysis based on CSO, 2022)

Specification (in PLN million)202020212022
Total revenue37,645.648,680.664,643.4
From the sale of goods4,592.15,569.27,848.2
From catering production32,596.442,564.856,107.2
From other activities457.1546.6688.0

The level of expenditures on food services and accommodation (in PLN) in households according to the education level of the household representative from 2018 to 2022 (Source: Own calculations based on GUS household budgets)

Specification2019202020212022
Unit of measurePLN
At most primary school education38242734
Basic vocational education36262945
Secondary education58394660
Higher education1048191111

Turnover in catering establishments in 2023 (Source: Own study analysis based on ARC Rynek Opinia & FOR Restaurant, 2023)

VoivodshipTurnover dynamicsTurnover fellTurnover remained unchangedTurnover increased
Dolnośląskie Voivodship36%38%26%
Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship34%46%20%
Lubelskie Voivodship34%36%30%
Lubuskie Voivodship23%44%33%
Łódzkie Voivodship39%30%31%
Małopolskie Voivodship25%35%40%
Mazowieckie Voivodship12%30%58%
Opolskie Voivodship36%38%26%
Podkarpackie Voivodship34%36%30%
Podlaskie Voivodship34%36%30%
Pomorskie Voivodship34%46%20%
Śląskie Voivodship25%35%40%
Świętokrzyskie Voivodship39%30%31%
Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship34%46%20%
Wielkopolskie Voivodship23%44%33%
Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship23%44%33%
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fman-2025-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5661 | Journal ISSN: 2080-7279
Language: English
Page range: 289 - 300
Published on: Mar 9, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2026 Marlena PIEKUT, Weronika ŁOSIEWICZ, published by Warsaw University of Technology
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