Impact of COVID-19 on the revenue of the food industry in the Netherlands 2020
divergence of food sales figures in the Netherlands.
More than half of the food companies in the Netherlands suffered revenue losses due to the coronavirus crisis in the first half of 2020. Roughly a quarter of the surveyed businesses even reported revenue losses of more than 20 percent. However, not all food companies had a bad first half of 2020. A quarter of the researched businesses indicated that their revenues actually increased. These developments are likely to be related to the