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Sustainability Report 2015
Sector risk
The recovery of private consumption, after the large drops registered
in the previous years, especially in Portugal, will continue to influen-
ce the sales in the foodservice business. The Group adopted a close
tracking of the costs through the monthly monitoring of the market
evolution, and the consequent revision of the resource planning, in
order to lessen the impact of the reduction on consumption. On the
other hand, operations in the foodservice area can be affected by
possible epidemics or raw material market distortions, or possible
changes in the pattern of consumption, whichmay significantly impact
the financial statements.
