Food and drink companies showed minimal progress in payment performance between 2021 and 2022, according to our analysis. While the average score increased, the shift was extremely small.
The 0.8 point increase suggests stagnant progress regarding payment practices within the sector. While any improvement is technically positive, such a marginal shift raises questions about the effectiveness of current strategies aimed at expediting payments to suppliers. Businesses can also calculate late payment interest and compensation using this late payment calculator.
A marginal increase of 0.8 points, from 48.4 (141 companies) to 49.2 (129 companies), summarizes the industry's payment performance "improvement."
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