Glanbia's future is fit and muscular

The company is transforming, with the sports nutrition market being key to its strategy, writes Ian Guider.

Cream of the crop: Glanbia’s managing director Siobhán Talbot is looking beyond its dairy roots.

The slide deck given to Glanbia’s investors last week makes very clear where the priority for the company is. The front cover of the 26-page document shows an athlete jogging beside a waterfront, while throughout the presentation there are photos of bodybuilders and drums of the company’s weight-building formula and high protein bars.

The Kilkenny-based company’s focus for the last decade has been on transforming itself away from its dairy roots into a ...