Company Watch: Ornua weathered 25% Trump tariff through lockdown baking craze

Despite a tariff which put premium brand Kerrygold at twice the price of its competitors in the US, overall sales jumped by 13 per cent in 2020

John Jordan, chief executive at Ornua: the company’s main product, Kerrygold, has grown to become Ireland’s only consumer food brand with annual sales in excess of €1 billion. Picture: Marc O‘Sullivan