Kerry Group Dividend 2024

Kerry Group PLC. is a group dedicated to the food and pharmaceutical industry, specialized in the manufacture, distribution and marketing of ingredients, flavors and flavorings.

It was founded in 1972 with three shareholders, a group of eight farmer cooperatives, Dairy Disposal Company and Erie Casein Company Inc. and became a plc in 1986, making major acquisitions such as Kerry Co-operative Creameries, Quest Food Ingredients Group, Noon Products, Cargill Flavor Systems, Rollover, Island Oasis, Red Arrow Products, Biosearch Life, Natreon, Inc, the B2B cheese powder business of The Kraft Heinz Company, among others.

These acquisitions prompted it to diversify its activities to include the core activities of the acquired companies, such as the preparation of Indian and Thai dishes, a food flavoring manufacturer, a hot dog supplier, specialists in the meat and food business, biotechnology focused on the pharmaceutical sector and functional foods, an enzyme manufacturer, and technology for creating ayurvedic botanical ingredients.

Headquartered in County Kerry, Ireland, it has over 23,000 employees, supplying over 18,000 products, including food, ingredients and flavoring elements, to customers around the world, operating through two main businesses, Flavor and Nutrition and Kerry Dairy Ireland.

Its products include the manufacture of ingredients used for the creation of medicines, food and beverages, coffee beans, nutritional and health ingredients, food solutions, beverage concentrates, syrups, non-perishable powders, pharmaceuticals, excipients, cellular nutrition, etc.