About us
Position on the market
Agaricus is the largest producer of field mushrooms in the Czech Republic. All goods sold by the company come from its own production.
We sell about 50% of our products to the domestic market, while the other half is supplied to the markets of EU countries, especially Germany, Poland and the Netherlands.
Our main trading partners (accounting for 80% of our production) are reputable sales chains in the Czech Republic and Bavaria.
Advantages for the company in the current market situation:
- Optimum distance to customers in the Czech Republic and Germany (Prague, Nuremberg, Regensburg).
- Own logistics for both input (raw ingredients) and output (daily deliveries of products to customers).
- Field mushrooms are cultivated in pre-cultivated shelves using a modern method.
- Commercial connection to key producers and distributors of field mushrooms in the EU.
The company today
- Own production output this year:
- All products are distributed in our own refrigerated vehicles.
- Fresh mushrooms are picked, cooled, packaged and delivered to the customer in the shortest possible time, which is approximately 24 hours!
- The most important thing for customer satisfaction is the continuous high quality of products. To this end, we are assisted by a well-developed system of product inspections and quality management, as well as product health safety checks throughout the chain.
- Through the GLOBALGAP system, we also ensure the safety and health protection of employees and environmental protection.
- A packing plant equipped with a packing machine capable of handling 3,000 kg of mushrooms per shift meets the strictest EU hygiene requirements.
- Thanks to a strategic partnership with the company AGROSPOL Czech spol. s r.o., our vehicle fleet is being modernised and our premises are undergoing major reconstruction work.
| approx. | 900 | tonnes of white field mushrooms |
| approx. | 250 | tonnes of brown field mushrooms |
| approx. | 80 | tonnes of oyster mushrooms |
The company was established in 1992 with the aim of building the country's first large-scale mushroom-growing plant.
The company purchased and reconstructed suitable facilities for this purpose on the premises of a former chemicals company in the town of Kaznějov near Plzeň.
Customer satisfaction has been our main belief ever since the company was founded.
Establishing cooperation with MARKONE CZ s.r.o. houbove-speciality.cz
2023New! – Vitamin D-rich field mushrooms
2020Automatic climate control in cultivation halls
2019Continuous online monitoring of temperatures, humidity and CO2 levels in cultivation halls
2018The company successfully received a GRASP system certificate
Continuous online monitoring of temperatures in cooling boxes
2017Successful GLOBALGAP and IFS recertification
2010Successful GLOBALGAP system recertification
Successful IFS certification
2009Successful GLOBALGAP system recertification
Preparation for IFS (International Food Standard) certification
2008Construction of our own energy centre with a heat output of 500 kW
Addition of a new refrigerated vehicle to our vehicle fleet
Successful recertification in the EurepGAP system (now GLOBALGAP), a globally recognised system for quality and health safety of agricultural products, occupational safety and environmental protection
The company begins its own production of oyster mushrooms and brown field mushrooms
2007EurepGAP system certification
Reconstruction of our weighing room and packing plant with a capacity of up to 3,000 kg of mushrooms per shift
Modernisation of our refrigerated vehicle fleet
2006The company establishes a strategic partnership
2005Construction of our own logistics centre for daily supplies to central chain warehouses in the Czech Republic and Bavaria
2004Complete transition of the cultivation plant to the shelf production method
Total capacity reaches 900 tonnes per year
Orientation of sales to multinational trading chains in the Czech Republic and the EU
2002Start of production using state-of-the-art European technology – a shelf method with completely mechanised handling of the mushroom substrate
Capacity of new production technology is 250 tonnes per year
Total production capacity reaches 700 tonnes per year
2000Production capacity of 600 tonnes of mushrooms per year
1997First export of mushrooms to EU countries
Production capacity 400 tonnes of mushrooms per year
1995Start of mushroom production (old "sack" cultivation method)
Deliveries to large fruit and vegetable warehouses in the West Bohemian region and Prague
Production capacity of 200 tonnes of mushrooms per year
1993