Details of Kerry Foods Resource Centre

The Company

Kerry Group was established in County Kerry, Ireland, as a dairy cooperative in 1972 and has grown considerably through organic growth and strategic acquisition ever since. Now a leading international food and food ingredients corporation, Kerry Group has an annual turnover in excess of €4.7 billion.  Group 2008 financial highlights show trading profits were up 8% to €409m.  The group has consistently achieved double digit net profit growth throughout its history.

Today Kerry Group can boast:

• More than 23,000 employees working from about 200 sites world-wide
• Well over 15,000 food and food ingredients products
• Supplying customers in more than 140 countries
• Manufacturing facilities in 23 countries
• International sales offices in 20 countries
• More than 30,000 shareholders

Kerry Foods, a wholly owned subsidiary, accounts for 40% of Group turnover. We are a leading supplier of added-value and customer-branded food products to major supermarket chains, convenience stores and independent retailers across the UK and Ireland. We are responsible for some of the UK and Ireland’s best known brands, holding the number one position in many of their markets.

Some of the better known brands include Cheestrings, Mattessons, Wall’s (sausages and pastries), Denny, Freshways and Richmond.

Kerry Foods is also a leading producer of supermarket private label products such as chilled and frozen ready meals, cooked meats, pastry products, cheese and dairy products and sandwiches.

We have headquarters in Tralee, Ireland and Egham UK, and some 20 manufacturing facilities throughout the UK and Ireland, with an extensive distribution network in both countries.

As a Group, Kerry’s corporate mission relies on total commitment to being a leader in its various markets through technological creativity, product quality, superior customer service and the wholehearted commitment of each employee. This ambitious corporate development strategy requires the best people to manage the business and provide the capabilities necessary to sustain growth on a long-term basis.

Kerry Group's headquarters is based in Tralee, Ireland. The Group has consumer food production operations in Ireland and the UK and a major international ingredients business with manufacturing facilities in Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Thailand,  UK,  United States and New Zealand.

Working for Kerry Foods

As a Group, Kerry’s corporate mission relies on total commitment to being a leader in its various markets through technological creativity, product quality, superior customer service and the wholehearted commitment of each employee. This ambitious corporate development strategy requires the best people to manage the business and provide the capabilities necessary to sustain growth on a long-term basis.

A career at Kerry offers exceptional opportunities for individuals with ambition, vision and a commitment to excellence in a dynamic business environment.

Structure

The Kerry Foods GB headquarters is in Egham, Surrey.

Kerry Foods UK is split into Strategic Business Units:

·         GB Brands

·         Customer Brands

·         Brands Ireland

·         Foodservice

Kerry Foods – Vision & Values

Our Purpose

We will fill the country’s fridges with simply brilliant food.

Our Vision

·         To be loved for making the best food in the fridge

·         Food made better with an understanding of our customers

·         Food made from brilliant recipes

·         Food made with passion and pride

·         And food made by people encouraged to be the best, with the result that we will double our profit by 2015

Our Values

·         We are Kerry Foods

·         We care about each other, our customers, our communities, and our environment

·         We find better ways to do things that make a real difference

·         We take total pride in everything that we do everyday

·         We have the audacity and ambition to be the best