Kerry Group pledges to keep investing in plants

GLOBAL food giant Kerry Group will continue to invest in its plants in Cork and Kerry, group chief executive Stan McCarthy has pledged.

Milk processing will continue to be a core activity of the group, he said, amid concerns expressed by some shareholders last week.

The group’s main processing arm has been in Listowel since the 1970s while, more recently, the group took over cheesemaking operations in Newmarket and Charleville, Co Cork.