date:May 20, 2013
ahead of 2012.
Dairy Ireland revenue for the four months grew circa 2%. Volumes were 2% ahead while price increases contributed over 4%. However, the divestment of the Yoplait Ireland franchise in the first half of 2012 had a 4% negative impact on revenues.
The retail environment in Ireland remains very challenging and Consumer Products has had a difficult start to the year. Increasing milk input costs have not yet been recovered in wholesale price increases and this has negatively impacted th