date:Feb 27, 2013
The growth, which also sees total revenue up by 10.3% to 5.8 billion, is in line with the firms expectations, Kerry said.
The Irish ingredients company revealed a jump in operating profit to 54.7m, while adjusted earnings per share (EPS) grew 11.3% to 237.6 cent.
Such growth has come on the back of successful growth in the firms ingredients and flavours business which witnessed a 14% increase in business translating to a 15.1% jump in operating profit for the business unit (up to 506 million)