The spectacular year-on-year jump in Kerry Group’s first-half revenue and profit is, of course, coming off the low base of the calamitous early 2020 period that saw the onset of Covid-19. Yet beyond the ups and downs of the pandemic, chief executive Edmond Scanlon was clearly happy with the results he presented this Friday. “While recognising we have had low comparatives in Q2 2020, the 18 per cent volume growth we delivered in taste and nutrition in the second quarter came in ahead of our expectations,” he told the morning investor call. Much of this came from the re-opening of…
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