Business and Markets

DCC Food & Beverage’s businesses have a strong track record in brand building and offer deep distribution reach with extensive customer service to the retail and foodservice sectors throughout Ireland. Services provided include marketing, category management, selling (key account management, direct sales representation and van sales), distribution and merchandising. The principal customers are grocery multiples, symbol and independent retailers, pharmacies, off licenses, hotels, restaurants and cafes. In Britain, wines are sold to multiple retailers and wholesale cash and carry customers.

• Healthfoods - In Ireland, Kelkin is the leading and most comprehensive supplier of owned and agency brands of healthy foods and beverages, fine foods and vitamins, minerals & supplements (VMS), selling directly to both the grocery and pharmacy sectors. The Kelkin brand is recognised as the leading brand in the ambient health / “better for you” food sector and offers a healthy choice in many food categories. The Kelkin brand is also a strong and growing brand in the VMS sector.
• Indulgence Foods - Robert Roberts is a value-added distributor of indulgence products in the grocery, impulse and food service sectors. The business has a strong, complementary range of owned and agency brands, specialising in wine, snacks, hot beverages, home cooking (herbs, spices and colourings), confectionery, and soft drinks. In the Irish market Robert Roberts is the number 1 supplier of freshly ground coffee to the retail sector and the number 2 supplier in the foodservice sector; the number 2 supplier of herbs and spices (following the successful acquisition and integration of the Goodall’s range during the year), the number 3 supplier of savoury snacks (through the KP range) and a leading independent distributor of sugar confectionery products. Through its wine distribution business, Findlater Wine & Spirit Group, Robert Roberts is a leading distributor of wine in Ireland to both the on and off trade, providing an extensive portfolio of international wine brands. Findlater Wine & Spirit Group offers its principals the largest on-trade reach in the Irish marketplace.
  
  In Britain, Bottle Green is a leading supplier of branded (owned and agency) and exclusive retail solutions to the multiple off trade sector of the UK wine market.
• Logistics/Other - Allied Foods is the number one frozen food distributor in Ireland, with a developing chilled food distribution business. It offers a full range of temperature controlled supply chain solutions (procurement, brand management and selling, warehousing and distribution) to major retailers, manufacturers and food service customers.
• Kylemore Foods Group (50% owned by DCC) is a leading operator of retail restaurants and contract catering services in Ireland, serving 8 million customer meals annually throughout Ireland.