BOSTON, MA – Stavis Seafoods, a family owned, international importer and first receiver of fresh & frozen seafood, today announced it is opening an additional 40,000 square foot warehouse facility just north of Boston in Peabody, Massachusetts. Stavis Peabody will open on March 6, 2017, and serve as the primary home for the company’s broad line of frozen seafood products. The new facility will enable the company to put most of its frozen inventory under one roof, improving order fulfillment and warehouse efficiencies. The new Stavis Peabody facility is easily accessible, located just off Interstate 95 at One Technology Drive in Peabody, MA.
“Stavis Peabody represents a significant upgrade for us and is part of a larger growth strategy," said Richard Stavis, CEO of Stavis Seafoods. “It provides us with more freezer space, more pick faces, more docks and better accessibility than we have ever had. These improvements will allow us to pick and stage orders quicker than ever before. It also gives customers an additional location near Boston to pick up fresh and frozen orders, alleviating congestion at our Fresh Center and improving service levels and cut off times across the board.”
Stavis Peabody will now serve as the company’s main facility for frozen items. The Stavis Fresh Center, located in Boston’s Marine Industrial Park, will serve as the main facility for fresh seafood, while the company headquarters will remain on Boston’s historic Fish Pier. Fresh and frozen seafood orders can be put up, wrapped and labeled to be ready for pick up at either location the same day. Having two pick up locations in the Boston-area ensures customers can get Stavis' full range of high quality seafood quickly.
The Stavis Peabody opening, together with the recent expansion of the Stavis Miami facility and plans for a new Boston headquarters, shows the company's continued commitment to growth and innovation. The Stavis Miami facility was upgraded to include processing capabilities while additional Miami sales staff was added to help serve the growing Southeast seafood market. Stavis also finalized plans for a new Boston-based headquarters and processing facility in the Massport Marine Terminal. The facility will be the most technologically advanced and environmentally friendly seafood processing facility in Massachusetts and represents an investment in excess of $40 million at the Port of Boston, making it the largest, seafood-related, private investment in the Port’s history. Groundbreaking for the new building will occur in the spring of 2017.
About Stavis Seafoods:
Stavis Seafoods is a family business that has been a Boston waterfront landmark since 1929. The company is a recent winner of the Massachusetts Family Business of the Year Award. Originally called Stavis Ipswich Clam Company, Stavis Seafoods sources from every ocean in the world and from more than 50 countries, including the United States. Working from an inventory of more than 1,100 seafood items, Stavis distributes seafood via air, truck and ship worldwide. Stavis Seafoods’ expert buying desks provide up-to-the-minute market information and extremely competitive pricing to all its customers. Stavis also offers a line of famous brands, including BOS’N, ChillFresh, Foods From the Sea, Boston Pride, Ocean Delight and Prince Edward. For more information about Stavis Seafoods, please call (800) 390-5103 or visit www.stavis.com.
Source: Stavis Seafoods
