MAFSI Barometer Fell 1% 2Q-24 With 3Q-24 Forecast At -1.6%

Manufacturers reps reporting for the quarterly Business Barometer maintained by the Manufacturers’ Agents Assn. for the Foodservice Industry said sales fell 1% for like lines 2Q-24 compared with 2Q-23, the first decline in sales since the end of the pandemic three years ago. The result was short of the reps’ 2Q-24 forecast of 0.1% growth…