Insights Into Food & Beverage Industry

Insights into the Food, Beverage, and Consumer Products Industry

GMA/FPA Overview of Industry Financial Performance and Trends

The Grocery Manufacturers/Food Products Association (GMA/FPA) represents the world’s leading food, beverage and consumer products companies. The association promotes sound public policy, champions initiatives that increase productivity and growth and helps to protect the safety and security of the food supply through scientific excellence. The GMA/FPA board of directors is comprised of fifty-two chief executive officers from the Association’s member companies. The $2.1 trillion food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry employs 14 million workers, and contributes over $1 trillion in added value to the nation’s economy. For more information, visit the GMA website at www.gmabrands.com

The member firms of the PricewaterhouseCoopers network (www.pwc.com) provide industry-focused assurance, tax, and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for their clients and their clients’ stakeholders. More than 140,000 people in 149 countries across our network work collaboratively using connected thinking to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice. “PricewaterhouseCoopers” refers to the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity. For more information, visit PricewaterhouseCoopers’ website at www.pwc.com For more information about PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Retail and Consumer Products Industry Practice, visit www.pwc.com/r&c

Foreword

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)/Food Products Association (FPA) and PricewaterhouseCoopers are pleased to collaborate to bring you this year’s overview of the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry.

This, the eleventh issue of the Financial Performance Benchmarking report, continues to provide an in-depth look at operational and financial performance measures as well as an...