ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Captain’s Fine Foods, sister company to Trans-Global Products based in Tampa, Florida, announced today that Joanne McNeely Zaritsky has joined the domestic seafood processor as its new business development director to promote its USA shrimp product line for Captain’s Fine Foods. Captain’ Fine Foods proudly processes and packs Key West Pink Shrimp, Texas Brown Shrimp and East and Gulf Coast White Shrimp. Additionally, Joanne will be responsible for providing marketing, training and seafood web content for supermarkets, restaurants and distributors.
Joanne has worked in the seafood industry for more than 25 years, with expertise in marketing, sales and consumer perception. Joanne was Bureau Chief of the State of Florida’s Seafood and Aquaculture Marketing Bureau for 22 years. After the Gulf oil spill, Joanne developed the Gulf Seafood Marketing Coalition (Coalition) as a contractor for Gulf & South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation, Inc. Under her guidance, the Coalition worked with the Gulf States to increase demand for Gulf seafood in the marketplace and restore consumer confidence in Gulf seafood products. The retail/restaurant partnership programs she oversaw had increased sales from 30% to over 1,000%.
“Joanne brings wealth of knowledge, experience and relationships in the seafood industry to Captain’s Fine Foods,” said Mac Chen, President of Trans-Global Products, Inc. “We look forward to Joanne sharing with the retail industry about our new domestic shrimp offering as well as educating retailers, restaurants and consumers on the benefits of USA shrimp from Captain’s Fine Foods.”
Captain’s Fine Foods is a processor that proudly produces seafood products. Conveniently located in St. Petersburg, Florida, the 60,000 sq. ft. facility has a USDC inspector on site, undergoes third party audits, is HACCP compliant and all products are fully traceable.
About Captain’s Fine Foods
Captain’s Fine Foods was started by the owners of Trans-Global Products when they saw opportunity in domestic seafood processing. With 32 years in the seafood business, Trans-Global Products was already firmly entrenched in the seafood industry as one of the top suppliers of crabmeat, along with producing a variety of frozen seafood products. In addition, Trans-Global’s group of companies have a U.S. tuna vessel fleet and foreign seafood processing plants.
Source: Captain’s Fine Foods
