Handy Seafood

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Handy Seafood Inc.
TypePrivate
Industry Fishery
Founded1894;129 years ago (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]

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History

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]

Products

Products sold by the company include: [16] [17] [18]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Blank, Christine (September 18, 2023). "Handy's new mini crab cakes target growing demand for convenience". www.seafoodsource.com. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  3. ↑ "Handy Seafood Receives State Recognition for 125th Anniversary". Handy Crab. October 10, 2019. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  4. ↑ Restaurant Business. Restaurant Business. 1999.
  5. 1 2 3 Parker, Susan. "After 100 years, Handy Seafood is still standing". The Daily Times. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  6. 1 2 "History". Handy Crab. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  7. ↑ Seafood Leader. Waterfront Press Company. 1994.
  8. ↑ Packers' Consent Decree: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Sixty-Seventh Congress, Second Session. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1922.
  9. ↑ Aquaculture Magazine. Briggs Associates, Incorporated. 1992.
  10. ↑ "Sustainability". Handy Crab. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  11. ↑ "Largest Crab Cake". Guinness World Records.
  12. ↑ Tannenbaum, Kiri (2012-09-11). "World's Largest Crab Cake Weighs 300 Pounds". Delish. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  13. ↑ "Handy Seafood Incorporated". FishChoice. 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  14. ↑ The Culinarian: Official Publication of the Chefs Association of the Pacific Coast. Chefs Association of the Pacific Coast, Incorporated. 2005.
  15. ↑ "Handy Seafood Announces Soft Crab Season for 2023". Nation's Restaurant News. 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  16. ↑ "Products". Handy Crab. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
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  18. ↑ Anyabuine, Jennifer (2023-03-28). "13 Of The Best Canned Crab Meat Brands You Can Buy". The Daily Meal. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  19. ↑ "Handy Seafood's Chesapeake Bay Oyster Season has Arrived". Handy Crab. October 10, 2020. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
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