Food And Drink Consumption Growth Expected To Remain Subdued Over Next Five Years

Our lacklustre outlook for the US economy and in particular are worries over sustained structural unemployment are reflected in our food and drink forecasts, with growth in all sectors not expected to match the rates of expansion seen in the years leading up to the financial crisis. On the plus side the US has a growing population, which puts a floor under our outlook for growth. However, we believe the US consumer will continue to retrench over the next few years and therefore we expect lower growth in most headline indicators, including per capita food consumption, beer sales , carbonated

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