Kerry Group
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| Type | Public, ISEQ & LSE |
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| Founded | Listowel, Ireland (1972) |
| Headquarters | Tralee, Ireland |
| Key people | Hugh Friel - Executive Directors Flor Healy - CEO of Kerry Foods Stan McCarthy - President & CEO of Kerry Ingredients North America |
| Products | Cheese Butter Ready meal Poultry Sausages Cooked Meats Onion rings Ingredients |
| Employees | 20,000 (2004) |
| Slogan | N/A |
| Website | www.kerrygroup.com/ |
Kerry Group LSE: KYGa, is a major quoted food company in the Republic of Ireland. It is quoted on the ISEQ exchange. It evolved initially from a local dairy co-op in the Munster region of Ireland. However after floating on the stock exchange in 1986 the group has grown substantially under the leadership of Denis Brosnan into a major food ingredients and flavorings firm.
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[edit] Overview
Headquartered in Tralee, Ireland, the Group employs some 20,000 people throughout its manufacturing, sales and technical centres across Europe, North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Asian Markets.
Kerry supplies over 10,000 food, food ingredients and flavour products to customers in more than 120 countries worldwide. The Group has manufacturing facilities in 18 different countries and international sales offices in 20 other countries across the globe. The groups current market capitalisation is about €3.2 billion and the companies current annualised sales are in excess of €3.75 billion.
[edit] Business Structure
Kerry Group has its headquarters in Tralee in County Kerry in Ireland. The Group is divided into several divisions:
- Ingredients
- Bio-Science
- Foods
- Agribusiness.
- Mastertaste
- Dairies - responsible for Kerry's, primarily Irish, consumer milk processing businesses
- the Corporate Office & Group Finance are based in Tralee, Ireland.
[edit] Mission Statement
Kerry Group will be:
- a major international specialist food ingredient corporation
- a leading international flavour technology company
- a leading supplier of added value brands and customer branded foods to the Irish and UK markets
We will be leaders in our selected markets - excelling in product quality, technical and marketing creativity and service to our customers - through the skills and wholehearted commitment of our employees.
We are committed to the highest standards of business and ethical behaviour, to fulfilling our responsibilities to the communities which we serve and to the creation of long-term value for all stakeholders on a socially and environmentally sustainable basis.
[edit] International Bases
Kerry Group's headquarters is based in Tralee, Ireland. The Group has consumer food production operations in Ireland and The United Kingdom and a major international ingredients business with manufacturing facilities in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Thailand, The United Kingdom, The United States and New Zealand. In addition to these, international sales offices have also been established in China, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines and Singapore.
The Foods headquarters is based in Egham, Surrey, in the UK. The Ingredients regional headquarters are based in Beloit USA; in Mexico City, Mexico; in Bristol and Aylesbury in the United Kingdom; in Listowel, Ireland; in Sydney, Australia; in Johor Bahru, Malaysia and in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
[edit] Key Brands
Wall's sausages (UK), Homepride Flour (UK), Cheesestrings, Green's Cake Mixs, KerryGold butter, Richmond sausages, Dennys, Button Norfolk Farms (UK), Kerry Spring Water (Ireland), Mattersons, DaVinci Gourmet, Oregon Chai, Jettea, Golden Dipt.
