. for kerry properties see kerry properties . kerry group plc type public company traded as iseq krz lse kyga otc pink kryay founded 1972 ; 44 years ago 1972 in listowel ireland headquarters tralee ireland key people stan mccarthy group ceo flor healy ceo of kerry foods gerry behan president & ceo of kerry ingredients & flavours brian mehigan group cfo products food ingredients and flavours cheese and cheese snacks ready meal sausages cooked meats dairy spreads water and juices revenue 6.104 billion 2015 1 operating income 662.7 million 2015 1 net income 525.4 million 2015 1 number of employees 24 000 2 website www.kerrygroup.com kerry group is a public food company headquartered in ireland . it is quoted on the dublin iseq and london stock exchanges . kerry headquarters tralee contents 1 history 2 operations 3 business structure 4 notable brands 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit kerry was founded in 1972 in listowel county kerry as a private company with three shareholders state owned dairy disposal company 42.5 % a federation of eight small farmer co operatives in kerry 42.5 % and erie casein company inc. from the us 15 % . 3 in march 2004 the company bought the quest food ingredients group a food ingredients business for us 440 million . 4 then in august 2005 the company acquired noon products a supplier of indian and thai ready meals for 124m . 5 in september 2011 the company acquired cargill flavor system a manufacturer of food flavouring for 230 million . 6 in february 2015 the company acquired rollover a supplier of hot dogs . 7 then in october 2015 the company acquired red arrow products island oasis and wellmune three businesses in the us taste and nutrition sector for us 735 million . 8 operations edit headquartered in tralee county kerry ireland the group employs about 24 000 people in its manufacturing sales and technical centres worldwide . 3 kerry s global headquarters is based in naas county kildare at the groups 100 million global technology and innovation centre which employs 900 people . 9 kerry supplies over 15 000 foods food ingredients and flavour products to customers in more than 140 countries worldwide . 3 business structure edit the group is divided into several business areas 3 ingredients and flavours consumer foods agribusiness notable brands edit brands include 10 low low cheestrings dairygold charleville denny richmond wall s mattessons fire & smoke yollies big train see also edit list of companies of ireland references edit a b c kg annual report 2015 pdf . kerry . retrieved 30 june 2016 . investor faq . kerry group . retrieved 30 june 2016 . a b c d kerry s cathedral of discovery . irish examiner . 12 october 2015 . retrieved 24 january 2016 . purchase hungry kerry group buys quest for 440m . irish emigrant . 3 march 2004 . retrieved 25 january 2016 . kerry group buys noon products . the grocer . 9 august 2005 . retrieved 25 january 2016 . kerry buys cargill flavor system for 230 million . natural products insider . 23 september 2011 . retrieved 25 january 2016 . kerry group gobbles up hot dog supplier rollover . the telegraph . 24 february 2015 . retrieved 25 january 2016 . kerry group buys three food companies for 735 million . powder and bulk solids . 19 october 2015 . retrieved 25 january 2016 . kerry group to create up to 900 jobs in kildare . rt news . 9 october 2012 . retrieved 30 june 2016 . brands . kerry group . retrieved 24 january 2016 . external links edit official website v t e iseq 20 companies of ireland aryzta bank of ireland crh c & c group dalata hotel group fbd holdings fyffes glanbia green reit hibernia reit irish continental group irish residential properties reit kerry group kingspan group origin enterprises paddy power betfair permanent tsb ryanair smurfit kappa total produce retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kerry group & oldid 740843248 categories companies listed on the pink sheetsfood companies of the republic of irelandcompanies listed on the irish stock exchangeflavor companiesformer cooperativesdemutualized organizationskerry grouptraleehidden categories engvarb from october 2013use dmy dates from october 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisitalianoportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 23 september 2016 at 17 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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