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Kerry Co-operative Creameries Limited
Trade nameKerry Co-op
Company typeProducer Co-operative
IndustryInvestments, Dairy Processing
Founded1 January 1974
HeadquartersTralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Websitekerryco-op.com

Kerry Co-Operative Creameries is an Irish agricultural co-operative society whose primary activity as of 2022 is the holding of investments on behalf of its farmer-members, with its largest investment being a 11.3% holding in Kerry Group, a publicly traded company which was originally founded by the co-operative but now has a diverse shareholder base.

History

Kerry Co-op was originally formed through the amalgamation of a number of smaller dairy co-operatives in County Kerry and the purchase of assets of the state-owned Dairy Disposal Board in Kerry. The majority of the co-operatives dairy processing business was transferred to Kerry Group as part of its partial demutualisation with a significant number of shares issued to the co-operative in return.

References

  1. Roche Kelly, Lorcan. "A willing buyer does not mean an easy sale of Kerry Dairy Ireland". www.farmersjournal.ie. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  2. "Research Handbook on Sustainable Co-operative Enterprise: Case Studies of Organisational Resilience in the Co-operative Business Model". Edward Elgar Publishing. 2014. p. 73.


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