Lakeland Dairies, the largest cross-border dairy processing co-operative on the island of Ireland, has posted significant increases in profitability and sales since it merged with the LacPatrick co-operative in April 2019. The Group made an operating profit of €20.5...
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Lakeland and LacPatrick to merge
Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies, two co-operative milk processing businesses that operate on both sides of the Irish border, are to merge into a single business with revenues in excess of €1 billion, subject to member and regulatory approval. Shareholder...
LacPatrick opts for potential Lakeland merger
LacPatrick Dairies, the farmer-owned milk processing business that operates on both sides of the Irish border, has entered into exclusive discussions with the Lakeland Dairies co-operative over a potential amalgamation of the two societies, subject to the agreement of...
LacPatrick considers consolidation options
One of Ireland’s larger farmer-owned dairy processors, which buys and processes milk on both sides of the border, is reviewing a number of strategic options to increase its scale and consolidate the dairy industry. LacPatrick Dairies chairman Andrew McConkey says the...
Two new milk powder plants for NI and the Republic
LacPatrick, the €360 million farmer-controlled milk processing business formed through the 2015 merger of the Ballyrashane and Town of Monaghan co-operatives, has commissioned its new €40m LP Dairy Technology Centre at Artigarvan near Stabane in County Tyrone. The...
