3,500 Small Food Shops Have Been Lost Due to Bureaucracy and Taxes

The 2024 Economic Report, recently presented by the Spanish Federation of Food and Beverage Industries (FIAB), showed that this sector, composed of 96% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has lost tissue in recent years, while new regulatory and fiscal burdens pose disturbing challenges.Although the FIAB valued its 2024 results favorably, in the last year, 439 food companies have been lost and almost 3,500 SMEs have been forced to clos…