Lakeland Dairies Group is an Irish dairy

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based in

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. It operates across sixteen

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in both

and

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. Lakeland Dairies processes roughly 1.9 billion litres of milk annually from 3,200 suppliers making it Ireland's largest dairy co-operative, and second largest milk processor after

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. Lakeland Dairies currently has dedicated operations in Ireland, the

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and the

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and exports to 80 countries worldwide.

Acquisitions

*In 2003, Lakeland acquired UK food supplier L.E. Pritchitt & Company for €18.5 million. *Taste Trends Ltd, one of the UK's largest frozen yoghurt producers, was acquired by Lakeland for an undisclosed sum in 2015. *Following a series of agribusiness and dairy joint ventures between Lakeland and Fane Valley - a Northern Irish milk co-operative which produced over 250 million litres of milk annually - Lakeland acquired Fane Valley Dairies in early 2016. *Lakeland and

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-based LacPatrick Dairies agreed on a merger in 2018 following unanimous approval by both co-operatives' respective boards in May, and shareholders in October. In early 2019 the companies merged, which increased the total number of Lakeland Dairies milk suppliers to 3,200 - with a collective pool of over 1.85 billion litres of milk per annum. *In August 2020, Lakeland Dairies reported that annual revenue in 2019 had topped €1 billion for the first time.
Lakeland Dairies 2020 Business Review

References

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