Kerry Co-operative Creameries
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| Kerry Co-op | |
| Company type | Producer Co-operative |
| Industry | Investments, Dairy Processing |
| Founded | 1 January 1974 |
| Headquarters | Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Website | kerryco-op |
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,[1] a publicly traded company which was originally founded by the co-operative but now has a diverse shareholder base.
History
[edit]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.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Roche Kelly, Lorcan. "A willing buyer does not mean an easy sale of Kerry Dairy Ireland". www.farmersjournal.ie. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "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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