Until the 1960s, tea was sold from a shop in Prince's Street, but thereafter the company expanded its wholesaling and distribution operations.

According to their website, they are currently responsible for 38% of all tea sales in the Irish market (which is worth an estimated €85 million annually).

of Canada, Australia, France, Luxembourg and the United States where there are significant Irish immigrant communities.

In May 2018, it was revealed that many of Barry's Tea teabags are made with polypropylene, a non-compostable plastic which is damaging to the environment.

[5] Despite numerous calls for the company to desist, it had refused to cease its sponsorship of an industry which had been the subject of repeated investigations into animal cruelty.