Food and Beverage Industry Survey
2021 — published on Nikkei/Nikkei MJ

Of the 302 major companies that responded to the survey, 70% had raised their product/service prices since last year, and 73% answered they would raise the prices again in FY2022. The expected price increase range of "3% to less than 5%" had the largest share of 48%, while 21% expected to have it in the range of "5% to less than 10%". 46% of companies expected sales to return to pre-COVID levels, however, 39% answered that "it will not return".