The company was formed in 1999, opening a state-of-the-art egg grading facility in Lurganmore, just outside Castleblaney.
The company employs over 60 staff who grade and distribute over three million eggs per week. The core business of the Nestbox Egg Company is focused on offering customers a range of quality, pasteurised, Bord Bia approved boiled shell eggs.
The Nest Box is the only supplier in Ireland of free-range, colony and organic eggs for boiled, pasteurised and shell eggs.
The company is Bord Bia certified, BRC certified, Organic Trust certified, and a member of Origin Green and Love Irish Food.
The Nest Box Egg Company offer a unique 90 day expiry date on their eggs supplied to their Middle Eastern Customers.
Free Range Eggs
Organic Eggs
Corn-fed Eggs
Omega 3 Eggs
Liquid Eggs
Boiled Eggs
Colony Eggs
•Within The Nest Box Egg Company’s current sustainability plan (2018-2022), it demonstrated exemplary performance in 2020 across a number of targets, including the areas of primary producer sustainability initiatives, packaging, water, and community engagement.
•Within the area of packaging, the company set a target to reduce plastic usage per tonne of product produced by 10% by 2022.
•The company is currently performing strongly, being 6% ahead of baseline with two years remaining in the current plan.
•This was driven in 2020 by a comprehensive packaging review, including liaising with groups such as NPP Packaging and the Packaging Centre to drive efficiencies.
•Alternative packaging solutions are proactively being identified and implemented with further progress anticipated over the remainder of the plan.