bunzl plc said wednesday that it expects 2021 underlying revenue to show high singledigit growth when compared to 2019 and that it expects 2022 revenue to be slightly higher than in 2021 at constant exchange rates the londonlisted distributionandoutsourcing group said that underlying revenue growth at constant exchange rates is expected to reflect a strong recovery in its base business supported by inflation and that this will be partially offset by anticipated decline in covid19related orders and deflation on certain covid19 related products the company said 2022s revenue will be driven by the impact of and acquisition completed in 2021 bunzl said it expects group revenue in 2021 to rise yearonyear by around 2 at actual exchange rates at constant exchange rates it expects it to rise around 7 with the impact of acquisitions being similar to underlying revenue growth and a small negative impact from fewer trading days the company said continued recovery of the base business is expected to be offset by the further normalization of sales of covid19 related products albeit these are expected to remain ahead of 2019 levels the company said