Our Business / About Us
Walsh Mushrooms Group is one of the largest suppliers of fresh mushrooms and substrate in Ireland and the UK. We are a vertically integrated food business, each week supplying over 500 tonnes of fresh mushrooms to the UK market place, growing over 150 tonnes of fresh mushrooms in Ireland and the UK and producing close to 2,000 tonnes of substrate for Ireland and the UK market.
Our Head Office is located in Gorey Co Wexford where we have manufactured our substrate for nearly 40 years, we have growing and packing operations in Golden Co Tipperary, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and in Evesham, Worcestershire.
We employ close to 400 people across the 4 sites and the group has grown rapidly over the last 5 years.
1991: Pat Walsh (left) our founder at our Wexford operation
1991: Mushrooms harvesting
1994: Collection of fresh mushrooms
1999: Athlone packhouse
2001: Compost Facility Wexford
2002: Evesham packhouse
Walsh Mushrooms Truck 2014
Walsh New Building 2015
Evesham Packhouse 2016
Golden Mushrooms 2017
A Brief History of Walsh Mushrooms Group
Walsh Mushroom Founded
Pat Walsh founded the company and started producing substrate for a small group of growers.
1979Supplying
Walsh Mushrooms started supplying fresh mushrooms to the British market.
1981Retail
Walsh Mushrooms started supplying our first British retail customer
1985Packing in the West of Ireland
Walsh Mushrooms acquired a packing operation and growing group in the West of Ireland.
1990Packing in the Irish Midlands
Walsh Mushrooms acquired another packing operation and growing group in the Irish Midlands.
1993Substrate
Walsh opened the first phase 3 substrate facility in Ireland.
1996Packhouse in Athlone Ireland
Walsh Mushrooms opened a state of the art packhouse in Athlone Ireland, serving a group of growers in the west and midlands of Ireland.
1999Packhouse in Tandragee Ireland
Opened a packhouse in Tandragee Ireland to service a growing group in Northern Ireland.
2000Packhouse in Vale Park Evesham
Opened a new packing and distribution facility in Vale Park Evesham.
2001British Growing
Opened its first British mushroom growing facility in Bury St Edmunds producing 50,000kgs of mushrooms per week.
2010Evesham Packhouse Success
Evesham packhouse becomes main central packing operation.
2011Substrate
Substrate facility begins an ambitious investment project to expand the facility by 30% and to make the facility the most environmentally friendly substrate facility in Ireland and the UK
2012Suffolk Gold Status
Suffolk farm awarded Gold status by the Suffolk County Council Carbon Charter project for its commitment to sustainability and the environment.
2013Suffolk Farm Expansion
Suffolk Farm growing facility expanded to 80,000kgs per week to meet the growing demand for British produce.
2014Evesham Expansion
Evesham packhouse expanded by an additional 15,000 sq ft to increase the facility by a third. Solar panels also added to the entire roof of the 45,000 sq ft facility to provide 20% of the sites power from the sun.
2015Golden Mushrooms Tipperary
Acquired Golden Mushrooms in Tipperary producing over 60,000kgs of fresh mushrooms weekly.
2016Walsh Mushrooms Evesham Award
Walsh Mushrooms Evesham wins the coveted “Intelligent Green Award” presented by Wychavon Council.
2016Golden Mushrooms Tipperary
Farm Expansion adding further 38,000 kgs & 6 growing rooms.
2019Golden Mushrooms Tipperary
Farm expansion adding another 30,000 kgs per week & a further 6 growing rooms.
2020Golden Mushrooms Tipperary
Further farm expansion adding an additional 30,000 kgs per week plus 6 more growing rooms.
2021Evesham Packhouse
Installation of new A2L Cooling System.
2022Evesham Packhouse
Installation of new flow wrap packing lines.
2022Golden Mushrooms Tipperary
Installation of solar panels to enable farm to harvest 20% of its energy from the sun.
2023Gorey Substrate facility
Installation of solar panels.
2023