The competitiveness of the chosen processing branches Slovak food industry

Slovak accession to the European Union presented a challenge connected with deep structural changes in the Slovak economy including analysing food industry and its three processing branches - dairy, meat and poultry industry. The integration into the single European market has brought many advantages and opportunities to Slovak businesses, but simultaneously it has brought an increased competition as well. The main aim of this article is to diagnose the conception of the competitiveness at the food industry level and consequently to formulate some recommendations for the company practice with the aim to preserve and strengthen its competitiveness in the period of Slovak accession to the EU.