Company type | Private |
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Industry | Fishery |
Founded | 1894 |
Headquarters | Salisbury, Maryland, U.S. |
Products | Seafood |
Website | Official website |
Handy Seafoods is one of the oldest seafood processing companies in the United States, and one of the largest crab suppliers in the U.S.[1][2][3]
The company was established in 1894 by John T. Handy.[4][5] In 1903, Handy Seafood became the first company to commercially process soft shell crabs.[6][7] Beginning in 1916, the company started farming and selling oysters.[8]
During the 1980s, the company began shipping live soft shell crabs to Tokyo and exporting frozen soft shell crabs throughout Europe and the Pacific Rim.[9] In 1981, the company was purchased by former Perdue Farms executive Terry Conway. His son, Todd, is now the CEO.[5] The company is a founding member of the National Fisheries Institute Crab Council.[10]
In 2012, the company set the Guinness World Record for the "largest crab cake in the world" at the Maryland State Fair, weighing in at over 300 lbs.[6][11][12]
The company is headquartered in Salisbury, Maryland and operates 15 plants in the US and abroad,[13] including a primary plant in Crisfield, Maryland.[14][15][5]