Fall River, Mass – Blount Fine Foods, a leading manufacturer of hand-crafted artisan soups and gourmet dips, sauces and salads, today announced the company has acquired the Cape Cod Chowder Company of Marion, Mass. Terms of the asset purchase were not disclosed. Cape Cod Chowder Company is a regionally distributed manufacturer of high quality fresh and frozen soups, dips and spreads. The company manufactures more than 50 different product varieties and sizes.
“Cape Cod Chowder is an excellent company with strong management, great products, and similar values, and we have watched and admired them for years,” said Todd Blount, president of Blount Fine Foods. “We look forward to integrating its business and products into Blount Fine Foods.”
Blount plans to move soup production of the Cape Cod Chowder brand to its newly renovated and upgraded seafood soup plant on the Warren, RI waterfront. Production of the seafood dip and spread lines, which are sold under the Offshore Delight brand, will be moved to Blount’s Fall River, Mass. headquarters production facility.
Cape Cod Chowder Company’s employees will be offered positions at Blount. Blount also announced it has no plans for immediate changes to products, quality and customer service, except where Blount’s expertise, scale and efficiencies can add benefit. It plans to continue marketing products under the Cape Cod Chowder Company brand and will look to build on the product portfolio over time.
“Much of the product will continue to be sold and delivered through Cape Cod Chowder’s affiliate, Sea Horse Seafood Distribution, so the marketplace should see little or no disruption,” added Blount.
About Blount Fine Foods
Blount Fine Foods is a family owned company that has been processing food since 1946. It is the largest manufacturer of lobster bisque in America and produces more than 350 proprietary soup recipes, including 75 varieties of clam chowder alone. Its product lines include fresh and frozen gourmet soups for food-service and retail as well as premium dips and gourmet salads, such as lobster salad and chicken salad. Blount’s gourmet soups and specialty foods are made with the finest and freshest ingredients, handcrafted by a dedicated team through unparalleled customer collaboration.
Blount operates production facilities at its Fall River, Massachusetts headquarters, in Warren, Rhode Island and Lantana, Florida. Customers include national restaurant chains that have their custom soups made for them in accordance with their secret recipes. Similarly, the deli departments of many large and small supermarket chains offer Blount-created hot-to-go soup selections as well as fresh store-brand pre-packed soup cups.
Blount also carries a full line of fresh and frozen soups sold to Club Stores and Retailers nationwide under the Legal Sea Foods and Panera Bread brands.
Blount generates over 60 million servings of hand-crafted gourmet soups each year.
For more information, visit www.BlountFineFoods.com.
Source: Blount Fine Foods
