Press Coronavirus crisis: more than one million tonnes of ready to eat meals were produced from January to September 2020

Production of ready to eat meals up 4.9% on the same period a year earlier

Press release No. N 007 of 27 January 2021

WIESBADEN – Against the background of working from home, homeschooling, closed restaurants and canteens, ready to eat meals are much in demand. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that approximately 1.1 million tonnes of ready to eat meals were produced in Germany from January to September 2020, an increase of just under 50,300 tonnes (+4.9%) on the same period of the previous year. In contrast, production remained nearly unchanged (+0.1%) from January to September 2019 compared with the same period a year earlier.

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