Full coverage: Kerry Group

Kerry Group is suing Ardo, with both European groups active in international food supply chains on a billion-euro scale.

There are many more finance options for businesses now than in 1986, yet Kerry Group’s founding CEO has urged greater support for large Irish companies to become global champions.

Edmond Scanlon has severed the links between the ingredients multinational and its historic agribusiness roots. He takes Thomas Hubert through a deep dive into Kerry’s tech-driven promise for continued growth.

Following the demergers of Tirlán and Kerry co-ops from the PLCs they had founded, rural Ireland is full of well-funded, relatively strong farmer-owned businesses ready for a new strategy.

Comparative results before and after Kerry Group’s divestment from its Irish manufacturing business show how beneficial the deal is to the food technology company.

Shareholders have approved the separation of Kerry Group from its founding dairy co-op, releasing untold riches into the south-west of Ireland.

Kerry Group’s proposal to sell its milk processing business makes sense on paper but emotions run high ahead of next month’s shareholder votes.

For years, Glanbia’s performance trailed behind Kerry’s. The tide is now turning.

New figures from the listed food technology giant and the Waterford meat processing family business reveal different strategies to navigate the same environment.

The Irish multinational has minimised the importance of physical ingredients in its technology-driven business model, insulating last year’s profits from rising food prices. A record US food safety fine to be imposed this year does not even register in annual accounts.