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We do not expect major growth in the value of Canada's food and drink markets over the short term, partly on account of their maturity and partly due to the expectations that Canadian households will continue to face deleveraging, which is likely to hold back discretionary spending. Nevertheless, opportunities continue to be presented by trends such as increased health-consciousness and the receptiveness of consumers to innovation and marketing. Busy lifestyles and an increasing number of working women will promote the sales of convenient, easy-to-prepare products.

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We continue to maintain our positive long-term outlook on the Nigerian economy, and food and drink sector over our forecast period, despite some of the obstacles in the near term. In addition to ongoing instability in the country's northern regions, and high rates of inflation (which increased 7.90% year-onyear in November 2013, according to the National Bureau of Statistics), we note that downside risks have increased over recent months. Specifically, ructions within the ruling party and the uncertainty surrounding the identity of the central bank governor are both issues which could destabilise the economy, is having a negative impact on consumer confidence. However, there is no doubt of the tremendous untapped potential of this emerging market, yet a lack of agricultural technology and transport infrastructure are holding back domestic production.

We remain positive on the growth trajectory for the US economy over the next several years, as we believe that many structural factors are aligning for a period of sustained growth, underpinning our forecast for real GDP growth to average 2.4% per year from 2013-2018, up from 0.8% per year from 2008-2012. The labour market recovery, while well under way, has further to go, meaning that modest increases in job creation will prove to be a boon to spending over the medium term. Consumer deleveraging continues, meaning that a future upswing in credit will also accelerate private consumption. All these will benefit food & drink consumption growth, but we are not yet convinced that the industry will see growth recovering to levels seen before the crisis. This will favour growth in lower value segments of the food and drink sector (canned and beer) as well as convenience and discount stores over normal retail stores in 2014.

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Chief among Pick n Pay's problems has been a relatively dated distribution network, which was thought to be a contributing factor in its consistently weaker operating margin performance compared with Shoprite over the past few years.

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