Discover Ornua 2021

Our Group 5-Year Growth Plan


Find out how we plan to transform ambition into achievement.

Our Vision

Our vision is to be a leading global dairy organisation, rewarding our customers, consumers and stakeholders.

Our Mission

Our mission is to:

1. Provide our consumers with the best tasting grass-fed dairy products, with a key focus on being a leading supplier in our established markets of Germany, North America & the UK, whilst continuing to develop our other international businesses.

2. To be a leading global supplier of value-added ingredients to our food manufacturing and foodservice customers.

Our Vision


Our vision is to be a leading global dairy organisation, rewarding our customers, consumers and stakeholders.

Our Mission


Our mission is to:

1. Provide our consumers with the best tasting grass-fed dairy products, with a key focus on being a leading supplier in our established markets of Germany, North America & the UK, whilst continuing to develop our other international businesses.

2. To be a leading global supplier of value-added ingredients to our food manufacturing and foodservice customers.

Our ambition


Our ambition is to build sustainable and value-added routes to market for Irish dairy products that will generate revenues of €3 billion and deliver a sustainable EBITA margin of 3% by 2021.

Build sustainable and value-added routes to market
in revenues by 2021
sustainable EBITA margin

In order to achieve Ornua 2021, Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients set out their own strategic goals.

Kerrygold

Move from a world-class butter brand to a strong dairy brand in our established focus markets of Germany, North America and the UK.

Routes to market

Grow routes to market for Irish dairy through our brands for cheese (Pilgrims Choice in UK) and powders (Africa), with a focus on volume growth.

Developing markets

In our developing markets of China, MENA and Continental Europe, our focus will be to build and consolidate on our investments.

Irish Supply

By paying strong prices we will maintain our current share of Irish dairy exports.

Trading

Become a leading trading and de-risk specialist to assist our suppliers and customers to manage volatility.

Value-Added Ingredients

Our primary focus will be on processed, pizza and recombined white cheese, supplying the foodservice and B2B channels.

Our values guide us

With heart

Collaboration, humility, valuing diversity

Building relationships, valuing our differences and working as one proud and passionate team.

With thought

Excellence, communication, planning

Striving for a consistent level of excellence in everything we do through planning, rigour and clear communications.

With vision

Innovation, strategic thinking, flexibility

Looking to the future, staying flexible, anticipating and embracing change by finding new ways of doing things.

With drive

Ownership, decisiveness, outcome-focused

When something needs to be done, for each other or our customers, we own it, solve it and deliver it.

With heart

Collaboration, humility, valuing diversity

Building relationships, valuing our differences and working as one proud and passionate team.

With thought

Excellence, communication, planning

Striving for a consistent level of excellence in everything we do through planning, rigour and clear communications.

With vision

Innovation, strategic thinking, flexibility

Looking to the future, staying flexible, anticipating and embracing change by finding new ways of doing things.

With drive

Ownership, decisiveness, outcome-focused

When something needs to be done, for each other or our customers, we own it, solve it and deliver it.