Food and beverage manufacturers expect long recovery from COVID-19-related challenges
Exclusive coronavirus-focused BNP Media survey shows that more than a third of food and beverage manufacturers believe it will take seven or more months to get their business back on track.
More than a third of food and beverage companies surveyed between April 30 and May 4 — 39% — said they believe it will take seven months or longer to get their business back on track considering current COVID-19-related challenges, according to a May 6, 2020, Clear Seas Research report titled “Food & Beverage Manufacturing Industry, Industry Perspective on the Challenges of Today.” Clear Seas Research is part of Troy, Mich.-based BNP Media, the parent company of Dairy Foods. The report is the fourth installment in a series related to food and beverage processing operations during the coronavirus pandemic.
The percentage of respondents citing a seven-month or greater recovery timeframe is the same as in the third survey (fielded April 16-20). Still, other respondents were more optimistic — in both the third and the fourth surveys, 29% said they believed it would take just three months or less to get their business back on track, and 32% said they believed it would take four to six months.