WELLFLEET —Mac’s Seafood is branching out in search of a bigger market for the shellfish that has made this town famous.
Mac’s Seafood, which was started as a single retail store on Wellfleet’s pier in 1995 by Mac Hay and his brother Alex Hay, has grown to include two markets, one in Truro, the other in Eastham, a certified wholesale processing facility in Truro, and now, as of last month, the Wellfleet Shellfish Co., with its 5,000-square-foot processing plant in Eastham.
Twelve Wellfleet shellfishermen, including Jim Connell, Bob Wallace and Barbara Austin, formed the Wellfleet Shellfish Co. in 2001. It has been selling up to four million clams and oysters yearly nationwide.
Alex Hay, who has been running the Eastham processing plant, located off Holmes Road, since the sale went through, said he and his brother “have been talking to the owners of Wellfleet Shellfish Company for quite some time about getting involved and helping them market the business a little bit more.”
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