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demonstrated by the strong overlap of employees and members of the local GAA club. Over 50% of the McDon workforce are members of DKB. From
The firm has the highest quality standards
McDon Mushroom Casing was founded in 1977
treasurer to merchandise officer to playing members of the club, all are represented on the McDon payroll. McDon is very proud to work with the local club and the GAA, and is looking forward to continuing to do so for many more years to come. Today, McDon Mushroom Casing is fronted by Martin McCourt. He is delighted to report that the business is thriving and says County Cavan is an important market area: “Cavan has a strong mushroomgrowing tradition and we have a good few customers from around the county,” he notes. “It’s a very healthy market. There’s a large community of mushroom growers in the county and we’ve been supplying many of them for a number of years. They’re good people to deal with. “One of our main customers we supply to in the Cavan area is Cappagh Mushrooms. Over the years we have built up a strong working relationship with them and have found Cappagh Mushrooms to be a reliable customer. With the ever
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increasing pressures to strive for excellence we hope to continue to grow together with Cappagh Mushrooms for the foreseeable future. “We’re very confident in our product, but this is a competitive marketplace and you have to keep your eye on the ball all the time. From the very beginning, we’ve maintained the very highest standards and that is how we will continue going forward.” One thing that McDon will have in common with all readers of this publication – and, indeed, pretty much everyone in the Breffni County – is their deep love of the GAA. It’s something that runs deep at the very heart of every community and which forms a strong bond and sense of identity between all Irish people. McDon Mushroom Casing, 142 Trew Mount Road, Dungannon, County Tyrone. Tel: 048 8778 4096 Fax: 048 8778 4896