“We have a favorable position, there is no denying it. And this year we have the potential to hire 50,000 people, compared to the usual 60,000. ”
In the opinion of Richard Girardot, the president of Ania, which brings together 17,000 agri-food companies in France, the sector has not generally suffered from the crisis.
With an expected increase in turnover of 1.1% in 2020, agro-industrialists are doing more than honorably, at a period when total consumption of the French is expected to decline by 5%.
"But it should not be the tree that hides the forest,
tempers the manager,
because for those who serve mainly or exclusively outside the home, the situation is tragic, even dramatic."
These food professionals who supply restaurants, hotels, leisure parks, bistros, cafes, stations, vending machines or transit points account for 20% of the 180 billion euros in activity in the sector.
That is more than 2,700 companies,
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