Przemiany przetwórstwa spożywczego na tle przemysłu w Polsce z uwzględnieniem przemian własnościowych

The food industry is an important sector of the Polish and EU economies. It is one of the fastest-growing areas of the food economy. It is a section of the economy in which deep structural changes took place. The aim of this study is to indicate changes which took place in the Polish food industry. They are presented in selected years from 1995 to 2016. Also described are the ownership changes that took place during this period. On the empirical side, data from the Statistical Yearbooks of the Central Statistical Office of Industry were used. On this basis was presented the share of food processing in sold production of industry, as well as employment and entities conducting business activity in the food processing department.