Welcome to Galmere Foods
Producing fine food since 1989, we are committed to working with thought leaders and industry experts to create award winning products for our clients to fit the evolving taste trends of consumers.
Leading Industry experts
Galmere, producing fine Irish food since 1989
Based out of Galway, Ireland, Galmere is an innovative food producer specialising in soups, sauces, meal bowls, salads and dips.
Founded originally in the kitchen of a well-known Galway restaurant, Galmere today can be found in a 33,000 sq ft certified organic, BRC A accredited, facility in Galway, Ireland.
With a central focus on sustainable and local produce where possible, we create contemporary and traditional foods based on our ongoing research into consumer and global food trends.
Our progressive approach to product development has led to the acquisition of an impressive selection of awards, validating our ethos to ensure quality and taste remain our central principle.
Years Experience
Our Products
With quality and taste central to Galmere, we have produced a high-quality selection of traditional and contemporary foods.
Salads
Galmere’s history of award making salads begins with its very formation, producing coleslaw from the original restaurant kitchens. Today we offer a wide range of traditional and contemporary salads.
Soups & Meal Bowls
We produce over 13 million pots of branded and private label soups a year, including products for Cully & Sully, our own Roots and Shoots and many more, as well as many retailers’ own label soups.
Sauces
Experience our award winning range of red and green pesto, including our own brand Pestle + Mortar, Irish made hummus, and a variety of sauces and dips.
THE BRANDS
Galmere is home to a number of International Brands.
Pestle + Mortar
Galmere has been making multi award winning pestos for a decade. To date, it has won Gold, Silver and Bronze at Blas na hEireann 2018 and 2019 in the pesto category.
The Galway kitchen
Roots and Shoots is Galmere’s dedicated plant based and vegan friendly branded range consisting of a diverse selection of plant based soups, meals and salads.
Galmere Classics
Created by Ballymaloe trained chef and nutritionist Deirdre Hilliard, this range of organic soups was developed in 2004 and was originally sold at farmers’ markets.
Galmere is a Leader in
Food Technology
Galmere is a leader in food production technology. We are BRC A accredited, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and approved by all key retailers. We have a dedicated, four-strong qualified technical team, who keep up to date with best practice, through sustained vocational training. Galmere maintains a continuous production facilities investment programme.
Tech
Heat and Eat Process
The heat and eat technology we use is an integrated cooking, packaging and cooling system for soups and meals; which means that raw ingredients are prepared, cooked, and packed within 4 hours, using the best available technology.
Tech
high pressure processing
Fresh sauces carry a minor pathogen risk; HPP fully addresses this risk, providing a four log reduction in pathogens. HPP preserves nutrients while killing pathogens, making our Irish chilled sauces and hummus probably the safest on sale.
Tech
cooking big
We have invested in leading preparation and production equipment; partnering with recognised industry leaders. This optimises and preserves the taste and goodness of our products.
Meet The Team
We value our team at Galmere, and they have enabled us to win numerous awards and are at the heart of all we do.
John Casey
CEO
Peter Strange
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Paddy Leydon
COMPANY SECRETARY
Nichola Henry
ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATOR
Julanne Flanagan
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE & PERSONNEL
Andrew Keegan
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Sinead Downey
RECEPTION & SALES
Fiona Kelly
BUSINESS ANALYST
News, Advice and Industry Insights
From personal insights to behind the scenes at Galmere HQ, to interviews and insights from leading industry experts.
The Galway Kitchen Ranks No. 2 Among Ireland’s Top Prepared Dips and Sauces Brands in 2023!
The Galway Kitchen has entered the top five as the No 2 brand in Ireland for prepared dips and sauces by sales in 2023 Checkout magazine’s Top 100 Brands, produced in association with Nielsen.
Galmere Fresh Foods Achieves 2023 Gold Membership in Bord Bia’s Origin Green Program: A Triumph in Sustainability and Nutrition
We have been acknowledged by Origin Green to have achieved exemplary performance in Product Health and Nutrition, Raw Materials+ Supplier Certification & Packaging.
Discover The Galway Kitchen: Affordable, Locally Made Houmous now at Tesco Ireland
We are delighted to launch our latest brand, The Galway Kitchen, a range of delicious and great value Irish made houmous.