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Join Kerry Foods – a leading name in the global food industry – and you become part of a distinctly different business. We have a rich heritage. Incredible brands. Brilliant people. And big ambitions. Our products, many of which are household favourites, are eaten by millions of people every day. You could help us reach millions more.

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Heritage

From humble beginnings to a €multi-billion business, we’ve come a long way in a short space of time.

Our story is one of ambition, growth, daring and character. It’s about calculated risks and leaps of faith. About entrepreneurial spirit and incredible teamwork. And it all starts in a field, in the furthest corner of South West Ireland.

1972

The story begins in Listowel, Co. Kerry. The state-owned Dairy Disposal Company, the US-based Erie Casein Company Inc. and eight local farmer cooperatives jointly invest in a dairy processing facility. It’s an immediate success, with a 40-strong workforce producing 2,000 tonnes of casein in the first year.

1974

Building on two years of success, Kerry Co-operative Creameries Ltd is formed. This sets the stage for over a decade of growth and product diversification – all with an eye on global marketability.

1986

Despite sales of €268m, the business needs more capital to fund some truly ambitious expansion plans. So we float on the Dublin Stock Exchange, as Kerry Group plc. It’s the start of a period of bold acquisition and far-reaching growth.

1990

We get our first serious foothold in Great Britain, with the acquisition of Robirch and Millers’ regional bakers and pork product suppliers. The ready meals facility established back then is now our Centre of Excellence for our meals division.

1994

Another big step forward is taken, with the acquisition of the Mattessons Wall’s business from Unilever. This included the iconic Richmond brand.

1998

Even by the high standards we’d set ourselves, this is a big year for acquisitions. We buy Greens, Homepride and Dalgety Food Ingredients. The Dalgety deal is a pan-European affair, and includes our Gainsborough site – now home to our Homepride brand.

2001

In Ireland we acquire Golden Vale, a producer of dairy products, prepared meals and snacks. The move brings together the growth potential of both businesses. It also includes the Carrickmacross site – now the largest frozen ready-meal plant in Europe.

2005

We broaden our horizons and expertise significantly, by acquiring Noon Group – the UK’s leading supplier of authentic, restaurant-quality Indian and Thai ready meals. This same year, we also buy Matthews Foods, which takes our butter and spreads offering up a level too.

2010

We start to look further afield, by expanding into Europe. Leading the way is our Cheestrings product – or Ficello as it’s known in France.

2014

Always ones to explore a new territory, we acquire Rollover Ltd. It’s an excellent opportunity to build our offering in the ‘hot food to go’ and ‘out of home’ sectors.

We’re proud of our heritage.

But it’s the future we’re really excited about. There are new markets out there, and new customer and consumer wants to be met.
There are so many opportunities ahead for us. Come and help us take them.

WHAT WE DO

Put simply, we do food. But that’s just part of the story. We innovate. We lead markets. And we make some of the most-loved brands out there.

We’re a leading supplier of chilled and frozen food products in the UK and Ireland, and part of the world-leading Kerry Group. Focusing on dairy, meat, snacking and meal solutions, Kerry Foods are home to many of our markets’ best-performing and best-loved brands. You’ll find our private-label products and ready meals in pretty much every supermarket in the country. And we have a presence in the home baking, direct-to-consumer and hot-food-to-go markets too.

We make our products in manufacturing facilities throughout Ireland and the UK, and distribute them nationwide and beyond. Along with the food, we supply quality, value and service to our customers.

Behind all of this, you’ll find tireless product innovation. Consumer tastes continue to change, and we respond with creative, competitive ideas that keep them delighted – and keep us growing. New ideas are our lifeblood. This is why we welcome them from everyone here.

Our Business

We don’t lead the way in just one category.
We lead the way in three.

Our brands and business are built around three core food divisions. They’re the areas we focus on, and they’re where many of our big ideas take shape. But they’re not all we do. We’re also home to the iconic, 100% British Homepride flour brand, having acquired the business (and the bowler-hatted Fred) back in 1998. In 2014 we added the Rollover business to the fold, which builds our presence in the competitive hot-food-on-the-go market. And we’ve recently added Oakhouse Foods into the family, bringing us into the fast growing direct-to-consumer market.

MEATS

This is where you’ll find our breakfast, cooked meats and chilled savoury snacks. It’s home to household favourites such as Mattessons, Denny, Richmond, Galtee and Walls.

DAIRY

This one’s all about cheese, yoghurt and dairy spreads. It’s home to brands such as LowLow, Cheestrings, Dairygold, Pure and Charleville Cheese.

MEAL SOLUTIONS

This division includes chilled and frozen ready meals, and ready-to-cook meals, and it provides private-label products to almost all the big supermarkets. It’s home to brands like Pure, City Kitchen and Sharwoods.

Our brands, customers and consumers.

Big brands, big names, and big numbers. They’re all here.

See any names you recognise? You probably do, because our products can be found in kitchens, supermarkets, petrol stations, corner shops and entertainment venues the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland. We’re starting to become part of life in Europe too.

Here are a just a few of our amazing brands. We have plenty of others, and we’re always looking to expand the family even more.

HIGHLIGHTS

We’re proud to be number one in everything from sausages and cooked meats to dairy
spreads and children’s cheese snacks. Here are just a few highlights:

  • Sausage Brands

    No. 1 (and 2)

    sausage brands
    in the UK

  • Cooked meat brands

    No. 1 (and 2)

    cooked meat brands
    in Ireland

  • Cooked meat brands

    No. 1

    spreads brand
    in Ireland

  • Children’s cheese snack

    No. 1

    children’s cheese snack
    in the UK

  • Customer brand supplier of chilled and frozen ready meals

    No. 1

    customer brand supplier of chilled
    and frozen ready meals.

Our
Customers

Almost every leading supermarket, and quite a few restaurant
chains too, trust us to supply private label products. In fact, no
one supplies more private label dairy spreads or processed
cheese slices in the UK than we do. We’re also the leading supplier
of chilled and frozen ready meals. Our customers rely on us for
high standards and faultless delivery. And we make sure we never
let them down.

Consumers

Millions of people have grown up with our brands. Tens of millions eat our food every day. We’re behind everything from family favourite sausages and authentic curries to healthy vegetable pots and dairy-free spreads. So it’s fair to say that our consumers are a large and diverse bunch. And we’re committed to coming up with new ways to tempt them, and reach new people.

  • Tesco
  • Morrisons
  • Ocado
  • Sainsbury's
  • The Co-Operative
  • Lidl
  • Asda
  • Iceland
  • Nando's
  • Waitrose
  • Dunnes Stores
  • Musgrave
  • M&S
  • Aldi
  • Carrefour

Meet our team

The thing that makes us such an altogether individual company is the individuals themselves – the amazing people who work for us,
and the stories they have to tell. You can meet just a few of them here. And, our leaders are no different to anyone else here.
They share the same values, and they have the same aims.

  • Our Leaders
  • Our People

  • Duncan Everett
    CEO Kerry Foods

  • Liam Burke
    Managing Director – Meals

  • Ado Carton
    Managing Director - Snacking, Meats & Dairy

  • Bob Carnell
    Managing Director, Go To Market

  • Nick Robinson
    Chief Marketing Officer

  • David Hamilton
    Chief Innovation Officer

  • Catherine Neilson
    Director of Strategy

  • Will Cadbury
    Chief Financial Officer

  • Emma Rose
    Director of HR

  • Annette
    Business Manager

  • Elizabeth
    Operations Graduate - Class of 2016

  • Emily
    HR Manager

  • Erwan
    Senior Brand Manager

  • Kelly
    Category Controller

  • Mark
    Business Development Manager

  • Natasha
    Trade Marketing Controller

  • Niall
    General Manager

  • Renars
    Lean Co-ordinator

  • Shayne
    Logistics Optimisation Manager

  • Sumit
    Head of Production Development

  • Alastair
    Marketing Manager

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