Phillips Celebrates A Century Of Seafood

OCEAN CITY — The 100-year anniversary of the Phillips family’s first foray into seafood is being celebrated this summer with a number of special programs.

At last Thursday’s Phillips Seafood’s 100th Anniversary Celebration Launch Party, held at Phillips Crab House on 21st Street, special plans to mark the century of seafood were unveiled.

Phillips Seafood President and CEO Steve Phillips, who grew up on Hoopers Island in the Chesapeake Bay and resided there till he was 14 years old, recalled the early days of the family business, which has grown from humble beginnings to include eight full-service restaurants, over a dozen franchise units, seafood processing plants in southeast Asia and a full manufacturing division.

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