‘One of the critical things we shouldn’t do is paint false dawns’ – Aryzta chair McGann

The question is now: has Aryzta really turned a corner, and if so, what do the next few quarters hold?

Gary McGann, chairman, and Kevin Toland, chief executive, Aryzta, at the food group’s agm last week. Fergal Phillips

‘I think one of the critical things that we shouldn’t do is paint false dawns, early out of the blocks,” Aryzta chairman Gary McGann told The Sunday Business Post after the company’s first annual general meeting to be held in Dublin.

He said: “This is fundamentally a really good business with good brands, fantastic customer lists, exceptionally good operational people in many parts of the business, and many well-invested assets in many parts ...