Our Members
Members of Plastic Action Alliance, which represent significant but different elements of the agri. food sector are:
ABP (Beef)
ABP Food Group is one of Europe’s leading agri-business companies employing more than 10,000 across 51 processing sites in nine countries. The company was founded over 60 years ago and operates across four divisions: Beef, Renewables, Pet Foods and Proteins. ABP is recognised globally for supplying high quality beef for the retail, food service and manufacturing sectors. More than 200 Michelin Star restaurants serve ABP Beef on their menu. ABP is a founding member of Origin Green and a signatory of the Plastic Pact in the UK.
Manor Farm (poultry)
Carton Bros is the name of the company that produce Manor Farm chicken. It is one of the oldest family companies in the country and dates back to 1775 when it was trading in the Dublin Markets. Headquartered bin Clonee, Carton Brothers employs 934 people and has 174 contracted farmers. The company is an Origin Green member.
Irish Country Meats (lamb)
Irish Country Meats is Ireland's largest sheep meat processor. The company is the specialist sheep meat processing division of Slaney Foods which is owned by a joint venture partnership between the Linden Food Group and ABP. Irish Country Meats has processing facilities in Camolin and Navan and is a member of Origin Green.
Aurivo
Aurivo is a global food and nutrition business with four distinct divisions: Consumer Foods, Dairy Ingredients, Agri business and Marts. As an innovative multi-purpose co-operative, we have a strong ambition to continue to grow a sustainable business that will not only create value for our members but ensure a certain future for our farms, our processes and our communities for generations to come. Aurivo is committed to having a positive and holistic impact on our environment. Our ambition for sustainable packaging strives towards achieving the highest levels of food safety, quality, product design, recyclability and avoiding food waste for our customers and consumers.”
Bandon Vale Cheese Ltd
We supply a range of hard cheese products in various different formats including slice, block, prepack and grated. We are a leading supplier to Ireland’s retail and catering industry as well as exporting to over 50 countries worldwide. Our mission is to produce top quality products in the most lean and sustainable manner. Continual improvement projects such as Origin Green enable us to work efficiently towards reaching our environmentally driven initiatives and targets. We are a verified member of Origin Green since 2016.
Keelings (fruit),
Keelings is an Irish-owned family business, focused on growing and sourcing quality fresh produce and supplying first-in-class produce-specific ERP software solutions and consultancy. The company, now in its 3rd generation, started producing fruits and salads in the 1930’s supplying produce to local Dublin markets. Since then it has expanded to its current size with 5 divisions – Keelings Retail, Keelings Select, Keelings Market, Keelings International and Keelings Solutions. Keelings is headquartered in Ireland but has operations in the UK, Europe and is currently expanding into France. The company employs approximately 2,000 people.
Monaghan Mushrooms (mushrooms)
Monaghan Mushrooms is one of the world’s largest substrate and mushroom companies. The company is a vertically integrated agribusiness, which means that it has control over its whole production process. Headquartered in Co. Monaghan, operations span Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Europe. The company employs over 3,500 people.
Country Crest (vegetables and prepared meals)
Country Crest/Ballymaguire Foods: Is a family owned progressive Agri-Food business and is recognised as one of the biggest suppliers and growers of quality potatoes and onions to Ireland’s retailers. The company has been a keen advocate of sustainable practices and has been a pilot company for Bord Bia’s Origin Green Sustainability Development Programme.
Nature’s Best (salads)
Nature’s Best ltd. is a second generation family business, operating from a 75,000 sq. ft. premises with 250 employees producing over 200 healthy convenience salads on a daily basis. The company is the leading salad manufacturer in Ireland supplying product to all major retailers nationwide.
C&D Foods (petfood)
C&D Foods is the pet-food division of ABP. The company employs over 1,000 people across its manufacturing sites in 7 countries including Ireland, UK, The Netherlands, Spain, Austria, France & Denmark. In Ireland C & D Foods has a manufacturing site in Edgeworthstown with an administrative head office located in Mullingar.