Fortune Fish & Gourmet Completes Purchase Of Coastal Seafoods
July 18, 2016 | 3 min to read
Bensenville, IL – Fortune Fish & Gourmet, the renowned purveyor of quality seafood, meats, and gourmet products; announces the completed purchase of Coastal Seafoods, a Minnesota-based seafood purveyor and retailer. Already one of the nation’s largest seafood and specialty food distributors, the acquisition will expand Fortune’s service footprint to Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and areas of Northern Iowa and Northern Wisconsin.
Fortune will continue to operate the business out of the Coastal Seafoods Minneapolis facility. The current facility will be transitioned to Fortune Fish’s state-of-the-art bar-coding inventory system in the next two to three months for uniformity and efficiency.
Originally started in 1981 as a wholesale seafood company by owner Suzanne Weinstein, Coastal Seafoods services over 300 restaurants and retail stores within a five-state area. Coastal also operates two retail outlets in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN. The company will be rebranded with the Fortune Fish & Gourmet name, and Weinstein will serve as a consultant moving forward. The retail stores will continue to operate under the Coastal Seafoods brand name.
This is the third acquisition for Fortune Fish & Gourmet in the last four years. JDY Gourmet was purchased in 2012 and the company acquired Chef Martin Old World Butcher Shop Sausage in 2014.
For more information on Fortune Fish & Gourmet, please visit www.fortunefishco.net.
For more information on Coastal Seafoods, please visit www.coastalseafoods.com.
About Fortune Fish & Gourmet
Fortune Fish & Gourmet is a Bensenville, Ill. based seafood processor and distributor providing white-tablecloth restaurants, private clubs, elegant hotels and independent, gourmet retail stores with the finest quality fresh, live and frozen seafood and gourmet foods. Fortune Fish & Gourmet’s key associates have extensive experience in the seafood and gourmet business, with a worldwide supplier base ranging from individual fishermen and small family farms to multi-national aquaculture and agriculture firms. Headquartered only minutes from O’Hare International Airport’s cargo docks, Fortune Fish & Gourmet has the world’s markets at its fingertips. Fortune handles more than 8,000 seafood and gourmet products, selected to exceed the high standards embraced by their quality driven customer base. Fortune currently services customers in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Indiana and Michigan with a fleet of refrigerated vehicles and nationally through its Flying Fish program. Since 2001, Fortune Fish & Gourmet has brought innovation to seafood and gourmet food distribution, consistently raising the bar for integrity, quality, sustainability and service. To learn more about the company, visit www.fortunefishco.net or call 630.860.7100.
About Coastal Seafoods
Coastal Seafoods is a Minneapolis, MN based seafood processor, distributor and retailer providing quality fish and seafood to over 200 restaurants, retail stores and co-ops in the 5 state area surrounding Minneapolis. Their two retail stores, one in Minneapolis and the other in St. Paul, have been famous in the area for quality and service since they opened. The company was founded in 1981 by Suzanne Weinstein, a former banker, who started the company after a short stint with a local seafood business. Under Weinstein’s leadership, Coastal Seafoods has built a loyal following of customers in the Twin Cities and beyond. The expert staff possesses an extraordinary knowledge of seafood, flying in fish 6 days a week to insure they have the finest and most diverse variety in the market. After 35 years, Coastal Seafoods is still setting the standard for impeccable service and the highest quality seafood. To learn more about the company visit www.coastalseafoods.com or call 612.724.7425.
Source: Fortune Fish & Gourmet