The Kerry miracle

Management are anticipating high single-digit earnings growth for 2014, writes Michael Murray.

Brian Mehigan, chief financial officer, Kerry Group and Stan McCarthy, chief executive, Kerry Group: have overseen a period of impressive growth. Picture: Shane O'Neill/Fennells

Last week's results from Kerry Group again highlighted the 40-year success story of a company that has emerged from a local dairy cooperative to become one of the world's top five global ingredients businesses with operations in 25 countries, and sales and manufacturing sites in 150.

Kerry's global success has owed much to its management's disciplined strategic planning, strong corporate culture and its focus on the manufacturing and sale of predominantly high-added-value technology-based ...