Boston, Massachusetts-headquartered Stavis Seafoods, a family-owned importer and first receiver of frozen and fresh seafood since 1929, has established a select partnership with Syracuse, New York-based G&C Food Distributors, a major foodservice re-distributor in the USA.
G&C offers more than 4,000 SKUs to over 1,000 foodservice and retail customers in 28 states. The agreement enhances Stavis’ supply chain options while also significantly increasing G&C’s seafood range, starting with the warehousing and delivery of more than 80 Stavis products.
“We are very excited to welcome Stavis Seafoods to the G&C family,” said Ben Humes, G&C Foods seafood category manager. “We look forward to servicing our customers with the high quality products they have to offer.”
“G&C has a great reputation for customer service, and this agreement is a vital part of our strategy to expand customer options,” said Richard Stavis, chief executive officer of Stavis Seafoods. “G&C’s re-distribution capabilities are an exceptionally efficient system for servicing customers, providing more ways for them to get the products they need. This agreement will focus on our frozen, pasteurized and branded seafood, and will immediately offer foodservice customers more access to a wider range of choices.”
Stavis, which maintains an extensive inventory exceeding 1,100 items, imports seafood from more than 51 countries and sources raw material from every ocean in the world. Some of the products it is initially making available to G&C include BOS’N brand shrimp and calamari, Canadian and South African lobster tails, Ocean Delight label ahi tuna grillers and sliders, Food From the Sea pasteurized crabmeat, and Price Edward hard clams.
Meanwhile, Stavis recently finalized plans for its new Port of Boston headquarters and state-of-the-art plant featuring the most technologically advanced and environmentally-friendly seafood processing facility in Massachusetts. Representing an investment in excess of $40 million, it is reportedly the largest seafood-related, privately funded project in the port’s history.
