2025-2026 strategic issues survey of food and beverage processors (wave V) : final report / prepared for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.: A22-625/2026E-PDF

"Food and beverage processing is the largest manufacturing sector in Canada and a key stakeholder group for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). It contributes 1.6% to Canada's GDP and employs about 318,400 Canadians. This is the fifth wave of AAFC's Strategic Issues Survey of Food and Beverage Processors; previous waves were conducted in 2017-18, 2018-19, 2021-22, and 2023-24. This fifth edition of the survey expands on data from previous rounds while gathering feedback on new and emerging issues. The results will help inform the development of policies, programs, and initiatives, enhance communication efforts, and improve service to clients. The data collected offers AAFC valuable insight into the perspectives, concerns, and challenges faced by Canada's food processing sector. It also presented an opportunity to gather input on food processors' business outlooks, exporting behaviours, views on international and inter-provincial trade, plastic packaging, and labelling. The research objectives were met through the design and administration of a telephone survey among Canadian adults who are food or beverage processors or manufacturers and have responsibility for business strategy and/or operations. …"--Executive summary, page 3.

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