Dairy Crest Group plc (DCG) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

GlobalData, November 2011, Pages: 30

Dairy Crest Group plc (DCG) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

Summary

Dairy Crest Group plc (Dairy Crest) is a chilled dairy foods manufacturing company based in the UK. The company is principally involved in the production and trading of food and dairy products. The product portfolio of the company includes cheese, milk,spreads, ingredients, household and liquid products. These products are marketed under the brand names such as Cathedral City, Davidstow, Clover, Utterly Butterly, Country Life Milk, Willow, Vitalite, St Hubert, and FRijj. The company sources 1.6 billion liters of milk directly from dairy farmers. It mainly operates in the UK, France, Italy and Ireland. Dairy Crest is headquartered in Surrey, the UK.

This comprehensive SWOT profile of Dairy Crest Group plc provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

The profile contains critical company information including:

- Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
- Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
- SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
- Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
- Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
- Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
- Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
- Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

Note: Some sections may be missing if data is unavailable for the company

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Key Words

Dairy Crest Group plc, SWOT analysis, SWOT, Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats, Corporate Strategy, Key Ratios, Share Data, Performance, Financial Performance, Overview, Business Description, Major Product, Brands, History, Key Employees, Key Operational Heads, Strategy, Key Competitors, Company Statement, Capital Market Ratios, Financial Ratios, Annual Ratios, Interim Ratios, Ratio Charts

List of Tables
List of Figures
Section 1 - About the Company
Dairy Crest Group plc - Key Facts
Dairy Crest Group plc - Key Employees
Dairy Crest Group plc - Key Employee Biographies
Dairy Crest Group plc - Major Products and Services
Dairy Crest Group plc - History
Dairy Crest Group plc - Company Statement
Dairy Crest Group plc - Locations And Subsidiaries
Head Office
Other Locations & Subsidiaries
Dairy Crest Group plc - Key Manufacturing Facilities
Section 2 – Company Analysis
Dairy Crest Group plc - Business Description
Dairy Crest Group plc - Corporate Strategy
Dairy Crest Group plc - SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis - Overview
Dairy Crest Group plc - Strengths
Strength - Market Position
Strength - Differentiated Brand Portfolio
Strength - Direct supplier Network
Dairy Crest Group plc - Weaknesses
Weakness - Voluntary Product Recall
Weakness - Increasing Trade Receivables
Weakness - Revenue Concentration: the UK
Weakness - Higher Inventory
Dairy Crest Group plc - Opportunities
Opportunity - Increasing Milk & Cheese Demand
Opportunity - E-Commerce
Opportunity - Growing Demand for Organic Food
Dairy Crest Group plc - Threats
Threat - Intense Competition
Threat - Government Regulations
Threat - Rising Manpower Cost
Dairy Crest Group plc - Key Competitors
Section 3 – Company Financial Ratios
Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
Performance Chart
Financial Performance
Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts
Section 4 – Appendix
Methodology
Ratio Definitions
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List of Tables
Dairy Crest Group plc, Key Facts
Dairy Crest Group plc, Key Employees
Dairy Crest Group plc, Key Employee Biographies
Dairy Crest Group plc, Major Products and Services
Dairy Crest Group plc, History
Dairy Crest Group plc, Other Locations
Dairy Crest Group plc, Subsidiaries
Dairy Crest Group plc, Key Manufacturing Facilities
Dairy Crest Group plc, Key Competitors
Dairy Crest Group plc, Ratios based on current share price
Dairy Crest Group plc, Annual Ratios
Dairy Crest Group plc, Interim Ratios
Currency Codes
Capital Market Ratios
Equity Ratios
Profitability Ratios
Cost Ratios
Liquidity Ratios
Leverage Ratios
Efficiency Ratios

List of Figures
Dairy Crest Group plc, Performance Chart (2007 - 2011)
Dairy Crest Group plc, Ratio Charts

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