| It’s all about food Annual Report 2008/09
a new dawn The world’s most modern slaughterhouse early one morning in January 2009. Just be fore daybreak. Just before the first pigs ar rive to be slaughtered. The supply of pigs
is the foundation for Danish Crown’s activ ities, and therefore competitive prices for the company’s owners are absolutely essential. This is the overall goal of an ambitious plan,
DC Future, which was launched in the previ ous financial year. And this year’s results re flect the fact that we are coming to the end of a long, dark night. |
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A hugely challenging year. But also one which shows that Danish Crown is able to make the necessary deci sions. A year with DC Fu ture. |
Together with processing, a number of Danish Crown’s foreign subsidiaries in par ticular have contributed to the reasonable results for the year. |
Willingness to change
Danish Crown all over the world
A cooperative with values
One of the elements in DC Future is the new settlement scheme. Throughout the year, the DC Settlement System has been a topic for lively debate among members. |
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business
Every day, almost 10,000 people go to work in Dan ish Crown’s departments in Denmark. Here too the focus has been on cutting costs. |
Danish Crown’s products are eaten throughout the world. To an increasing extent, in spiration comes from col laborating with skilled chefs and gourmet butchers. |
DC Future has demanded huge efforts throughout the year. This is clearly reflected in the year’s results. The improvement in earnings in the processing com panies is especially noticeable. |
The global workplace
Bringing DC quality home
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