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Dennys and Galtee brands being sold to a US entity

  • 18-06-2021 3:51pm
    #1
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,173 ✭✭✭✭


    https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0617/1228804-kerry-group-to-sell-meats-and-meals-business-for-819m/

    Kerry Group's shares rose today after it announced plans to sell its consumer foods' meats and meals business in the UK and Ireland to US food company Pilgrim's Pride for €819m in cash.

    The meats business includes branded and private label meats, meat snacks, food-to-go and meat-free products in the UK and Ireland.

    The brands include Denny, Galtee, Richmond, Fridge Raiders and Rollover.

    Big staff numbers
    4,500 staff work in the businesses that have been sold, with around 3,000 of those in the UK.

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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  • #2
    ongarite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭ongarite


    No great loss, for all their talk & marketing they aren't even Irish pork sausage.
    No Bord Bia mark on either brands.
    During the horse meat scandal years ago, Denny was the only brand left on the shelves.
    That tells you plenty where they source their raw pork material.


  • #3
    Terry..
    Closed Accounts Posts: 103 ✭✭Terry..


    Who owns what these days


  • #4
    The Mighty Quinn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭The Mighty Quinn


    Terry.. wrote: »
    Who owns what these days

    I'd say if you saw a list of brands the top 10 food companies in the world own you'd be astounded at the number of products controlled by very few companies.


  • #5
    Ten of Swords
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,126 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ten of Swords


    Moved to CA

    Moderator: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender, Vegan & Vegetarian

    Category Moderator: Social & Fun



  • #6
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Calahonda52 wrote: »
    Kerry Group's shares rose today after it announced plans to sell its consumer foods' meats and meals business in the UK and Ireland to US food company Pilgrim's Pride for €819m in cash.

    In cash?! :eek:

    giphy.gif


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  • #7
    happyoutscan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,951 ✭✭✭happyoutscan


    Full of ****ing gristle anyway.


  • #8
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Absolute muc


    Badum tshhh


  • #9
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    In cash?! :eek:]

    Cash as a legacy thing, they are probably using Revolut by now


  • #10
    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,376 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    Both Galtee and Denny's have been shyte for a very long time. Support smaller brands and buy locally made products.

    Meat has turned to terrible muck over the past 20 years, I eat it at the most 3-4 times a week. I never thought I'd say that, but here we are.


  • #11
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users Posts: 6,177 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    They'll do a Cadbury's on it for sure.


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  • #12
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,720 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    ongarite wrote: »
    No great loss, for all their talk & marketing they aren't even Irish pork sausage.
    No Bord Bia mark on either brands.
    During the horse meat scandal years ago, Denny was the only brand left on the shelves.
    That tells you plenty where they source their raw pork material.

    Denny, or their holding company...or whoever, ship chicken in from Holland, slice it and wrap it in packaging saying "made in Co Wicklow".

    Buy local from small suppliers, fcuk this misleading bullsh1t.


  • #13
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users Posts: 3,917 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    Kerry Foods bought Galtee in 2009.

    Pre takeover Galtee ham was Bord bia approved
    Galtee sausages were 75% pork

    And

    DairyGold butter was the closest thing to real butter in taste. Now it’s low low ****e see attached

    Denny pudding uses Turkey meat instead of pork

    We love monopolies here in Ireland

    Tayto Crisps purchased by largo and then bought by intersnack which owns KP.


  • #14
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    In cash?! :eek:

    giphy.gif

    It means they aren't paying for it by issuing me shares in the purchaser to the seller.


  • #15
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    Ten of Swords wrote: »
    Moved to CA

    California? That’s miles off


  • #16
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,576 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Grab All Association wrote: »
    Kerry Foods bought Galtee in 2009.

    Pre takeover Galtee ham was Bord bia approved
    Galtee sausages were 75% pork

    And

    DairyGold butter was the closest thing to real butter in taste. Now it’s low low ****e see attached

    Denny pudding uses Turkey meat instead of pork

    We love monopolies here in Ireland

    Tayto Crisps purchased by largo and then bought by intersnack which owns KP.

    Never had a problem spreading dairygold or the taste of it tbh.


  • #17
    Rrrrrr2
    Registered Users Posts: 982 ✭✭✭Rrrrrr2


    ongarite wrote: »
    No great loss, for all their talk & marketing they aren't even Irish pork sausage.
    No Bord Bia mark on either brands.
    During the horse meat scandal years ago, Denny was the only brand left on the shelves.
    That tells you plenty where they source their raw pork material.

    Denny screams cheap, bland bottom of the barrel meat products. Avoid them at all costs if I can


  • #18
    Montage of Feck
    Registered Users Posts: 3,487 ✭✭✭Montage of Feck


    Ubbquittious wrote: »
    They'll do a Cadbury's on it for sure.

    Galtee black pudding flavoured toilet cleaner anybody?

    🙈🙉🙊



  • #19
    Rrrrrr2
    Registered Users Posts: 982 ✭✭✭Rrrrrr2


    Ubbquittious wrote: »
    They'll do a Cadbury's on it for sure.

    I think Kerry/Denny have done a good enough job of that themselves already! Unless they reduce to spam level meat next


  • #20
    Donald Trump
    Registered Users Posts: 19,019 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    Absolute muc


    Badum tshhh




    Underappreciated post


  • #21
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    They weren't long spending the cash anyway:

    https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0621/1229383-kerry-group-in-deal-for-niacet/


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  • #22
    Former Former Former
    Registered Users Posts: 5,431 ✭✭✭Former Former Former


    Grab All Association wrote: »
    Kerry Foods bought Galtee in 2009.

    Pre takeover Galtee ham was Bord bia approved
    Galtee sausages were 75% pork

    And

    DairyGold butter was the closest thing to real butter in taste. Now it’s low low ****e see attached

    Denny pudding uses Turkey meat instead of pork

    We love monopolies here in Ireland

    Tayto Crisps purchased by largo and then bought by intersnack which owns KP.

    It uses a small bit of turkey in addition to pork. But then, if you're fussy about the ingredients of your food, you're probably not the target market for a 1.50 chubb of white pudding.


  • #23
    Heebie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭Heebie


    Calahonda52 wrote:
    Kerry Group's shares rose today after it announced plans to sell its consumer foods' meats and meals business in the UK and Ireland to US food company Pilgrim's Pride for €819m in cash.

    They couldn't have chosen a more horrible crowd to sell to... they really couldn't have.


  • #24
    Kewreeuss
    Registered Users Posts: 744 ✭✭✭Kewreeuss


    Heebie wrote: »
    They couldn't have chosen a more horrible crowd to sell to... they really couldn't have.

    Don’t leave us hanging.......tell us more about the buyer:D


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
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    Bobblehats wrote: »
    California? That’s miles off

    This comment hasn't gotten the recognition it deserved.


  • #26
    Marcos
    Registered Users Posts: 473 ✭✭Marcos


    The Mighty Quinn wrote: »
    I'd say if you saw a list of brands the top 10 food companies in the world own you'd be astounded at the number of products controlled by very few companies.

    Exactly, you can see it here in this video. It looks at the major corporations dealing with every facet of modern life and who the institutional investors are. The bit about the top 10 food brands starts at 1.13. It's eye opening to say the least. These institutional investors hold shares in competing brands whether it be Coca Cola or Pepsico. It's a real spiders web of interconnections, or as the video states, follow the money. It goes deeper, it's a 45 minute video, but they summarise everything into the first 10 minutes or so.

    When most of us say "social justice" we mean equality under the law opposition to prejudice, discrimination and equal opportunities for all. When Social Justice Activists say "social justice" they mean an emphasis on group identity over the rights of the individual, a rejection of social liberalism, and the assumption that unequal outcomes are always evidence of structural inequalities.

    Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans.



  • #27
    I see sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 1,642 ✭✭✭I see sheep


    It's breakfast time back home.


  • #28
    The Mighty Quinn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭The Mighty Quinn


    I see sheep wrote: »
    It's breakfast time back home.

    But shaaaan!


  • #29
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users Posts: 6,482 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    Grab All Association wrote: »
    Kerry Foods bought Galtee in 2009.

    Pre takeover Galtee ham was Bord bia approved
    Galtee sausages were 75% pork

    And

    DairyGold butter was the closest thing to real butter in taste. Now it’s low low ****e see attached

    Denny pudding uses Turkey meat instead of pork

    We love monopolies here in Ireland

    Tayto Crisps purchased by largo and then bought by intersnack which owns KP.

    I have been eating DairyGold all my life. I’d query the authenticity of that photo, because I’ve never seen it light colour (apart from the Light version).

    It spreads the same as ever, and melts on toast. I think you may have fallen for crap posted on the internet.


  • #30
    Cal4567
    Registered Users Posts: 625 ✭✭✭Cal4567


    First they took our homes, then they took our rashers.


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  • #31
    Heebie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭Heebie


    Kewreeuss wrote:
    Don’t leave us hanging.......tell us more about the buyer


    I saw an exposée on them recently in Netflix. They're one of the big meat processors in the US, and seem to be just a horrible company. Staff peeing in bottles on the production line because they can't take breaks without getting fired.
    I don't recall all the specifics.
    Grossed me out, and the guy the company is named after seems to be a serious di***ag.


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