Ornua facing up to Brexit realities as profits rise

It’s become a global food giant thanks to brands like Kerrygold butter and Pilgrim’s Choice cheddar, but it is more exotic ingredients like feta cheese and labneh that could provide the path to further growth for Ireland’s largest dairy food exporter.

Ornua’s 2016 results, released last week, showed that turnover last year was up by 9 per cent to €1.749 billion, group Ebitda up by 18 per cent to €43.1 million, and operating ...