Glanbia has published its financial results which have signalled a 'disappointing first half' of the year.

Shares in Glanbia tumbled by 6% even as the international food firm reiterated it is on track

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Shares in Glanbia fell over 8%, bringing their losses to 12% in the last year, despite the foods firm saying it is on course to secure its earnings goal and pointing to a less threatening foreign currency “headwind” from its US operations.

Glanbia has reached agreement to buy well-known weight control food brand SlimFast for $350m (€302m).

Glanbia Cheese’s new €130m mozzarella cheese manufacturing facility in Portlaoise, Co Laois, will have a production capacity of 45,000 tons per annum.

Glanbia and the US company Leprino Foods announced the plans this morning.

Glanbia has said it will see a fall in first-half earnings this year, news of which dragged its shares down by almost 2%.

Professional women were told to “know their worth and ask for equal pay” at the second annual Cork University Business School (CUBS) conference, writes Pádraig Hoare.

Glanbia shares slid 7.5%, stripping around €300m from its market value, as investors showed disappointment at the company’s 2018 earnings outlook, despite it unveiling 2017 figures which showed an eighth successive year of strong growth.

Glanbia is on course to deliver on its 7%-10% growth forecast for 2017, with revenues for the year to September 6.6% higher than this time last year.

Glanbia said the popularity of health and sports nutrition products such as whey protein powder will fuel growth in the coming months, as its global cheese production helped raise its revenues almost 10% to over €2bn in its first half results.

The boss of Glanbia has called for “as long a transition period as possible” following Brexit if current trading conditions between Ireland and the UK cannot be maintained.

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A more structured approach to educating young people about drugs involving set programmes in schools needs to be introduced.

Farmers have given a cautious welcome to Glanbia’s plan to sell 60% of its Irish dairy business to Glanbia Co-op, creating a new Glanbia Ireland joint venture in a deal worth €112m.

Shares in Glanbia rose about 1.5% after the food firm said it was paying €181m to buy two more international firms.

Farm incomes rose 6% during 2015, but farmers argue that the real story is how far they lag behind other sectors.

Revenue at global nutrition group Glanbia fell 2.5% in the opening quarter of the year as dwindling milk prices hit the company’s ingredients sector.

Glanbia has said it has “significant” available debt facilities for further acquisitions, after reaching agreement to buy a leading US protein bar manufacturer for $217 million (€203m).

Glanbia has announced that the company has agreed to buy thinkThin for $217m.

Glanbia’s global ingredients business is likely to remain challenged in the second half of the year with its managing director anticipating persistent weak milk prices for at least the remainder of this year.

Glanbia has exited its consumer dairy products joint venture in Nigeria to reinvest in its core areas of performance nutrition and ingredients.

Enda Kenny has described 2015 as “the year of rural recovery for Ireland” because of the imminent removal of the “straitjacket” of milk quotas and the development of initiatives such as a major new dairy processing plant officially opened yesterday by Glanbia Ingredients.

Glanbia will continue to seek acquisition opportunities in the coming year, particularly around its global nutrition business as that key segment becomes increasingly central to its growth.

Diversified food group, Glanbia has maintained its full-year guidance for 8%-10% adjusted earnings per share growth on the back of a strong trading performance for the first nine months of the year.

Glanbia has agreed to purchase US-based sports nutrition company Isopure for $153m.

Irish-headquartered global food group, Glanbia increased revenues markedly in the first six months of the year, driven largely by strong growth in its global performance nutrition division which saw revenues increase by almost 22%.

A threatened legal action against Irish food group Glanbia over alleged misstating of a product’s benefits will not impact the company’s strategy in any way, according to group managing director, Siobhán Talbot.

Food group Glanbia is reporting a 10% increase in group revenue for the six months to the end of June.

Global food giant Glanbia has recorded astonishing growth in its nutrition section which saw revenues grow by 38% in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period last year.

Glanbia’s new chief executive Siobhan Talbot saw her basic salary increase by 16%, last year, although her overall remuneration remained flat due to a lowering in her pension contribution and other benefits.

Global food and nutrition giant, Glanbia, has beaten expectations and reported full-year revenues for 2013 of €3.3bn driven by strong sales from the company’s nutrition division.

Glanbia’s mantra of “keeping the wealthy healthy,” shows no signs of letting investors down as the group reports strong results from its nutritional division in the US.