Upgrading GDP. What effect on Foodservice?


Monday, 11th September 2023

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Monday, 11th September 2023 Weekly Report
Upgrading GDP. What effect on Foodservice?

I don’t normally comment much on GDP figures – primarily because they have little direct impact on how we should interpret what’s happening in the foodservice sector. But last week the ONS revealed a significant upgrade to its analysis of GDP with the result that its estimate of the change in GDP in 2021 was upgraded from a -0.9% decline to growth of 0.6%. What does this mean for the foodservice sector?

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