date:Jun 29, 2012
reception at the House of Commons on Monday [June 25] organised by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
Grimwood, who is also vice president of the FDF and chairman of its competitiveness steering group, spoke of the considerable contribution that the food sector was making to the UK economy.
76.2bn worth of turnover
We continue to outperform other manufacturing sectors through this rather significant downturn that we find ourselves in. So much so that for the UK economy we are now at the po