MONAGHAN MUSHROOMS LTD

In the early 1980’s, school teacher Ronnie Wilson gave up teaching to create Monaghan Mushrooms. Over the last thirty years, the company has grown to become one of the largest mushroom producers in the world, serving some of the largest international retailers.

Driven by a passion to provide consumers with a fresh and high quality food, the company is involved in all aspects of growing mushrooms. We produce compost, grow, pack and deliver our mushrooms to customers in six countries. We’re committed to leading the mushroom category, spreading knowledge about the benefits of mushrooms and investing in innovation and research.

Why Us

We are a customer focused fresh mushroom business who strive to achieve the highest quality in everything that we do. We build long term relationships with our customers. Our extensive Research and Development department are committed to bring research-led, commerically driven Innovation to our customers. Sustainability is central to how we operate. We are committed to continually finding new ways to reduce our enviromental footprint.

Our product range

White, Chestnut, Organic, Vitamin D, Forestiere, B12 enriched mushrooms and Selenium enriched mushrooms

Markets supplied

Sustainability

•Monaghan maintain 100% Irish sourced mushrooms from SHAS approved growers.
•By 2025, the company has set a target to have a minimum of 30% recycled content in plastic packaging.
•Monaghan have implemented a research programme to identify peat replacement materials.
•At the end of 2020, solar panels were installed on Tyholland farm in Monaghan. These solar panels, will create 357,000 kWh electricity per year. This figure is roughly equal to providing 85 homes with electricity per year.
•Monaghan aim to have a 30% increase in euro donated to local community organisations by the end of 2025 from 2020 baseline.

Our Accreditations

• BRC
• HACCP
• IFS
• IOFGA
• Organic
• Origin Green Verified

Our Awards

Bord Bia Food and Drink Sustainability Award - 2017