Kerry Co-Operative Creameries is an Irish agricultural
co-operative society
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomy, autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratical ...
whose primary activity as of 2022 is the holding of investments on behalf of its farmer-members, with its largest investment being in
Kerry Group
Kerry Group plc is a public food company headquartered in Ireland. It is quoted on the Dublin ISEQ and London stock exchanges.
Given the company's origins in the co-operative movement, farmer-suppliers of the company retain a significant in ...
, a
publicly traded company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (list ...
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
Companies established in 1974
Kerry Group
Tralee
Cooperatives in the Republic of Ireland
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