- Janice Hoppe-Spiers
- Food, Beverage & Hospitality
Gorton’s Seafood
Gorton’s Seafood enhances its supply chain as it continues to innovate to deliver the highest-quality products to market faster and more efficiently.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
For nearly 170 years, Gorton’s Seafood sourcing the highest-quality seafood in Gloucester, Mass., America’s oldest seaport and the birthplace of the United States fishing industry. The company is one of the most recognized brands in the country as America has been putting its trust in the Gorton’s Fisherman for decades before its beloved jingle first appeared in 1975.
Gorton’s got its start by setting sail in the Atlantic Ocean with company-owned schooners, fishing for cod and mackerel, and salt-curing them on board. As industry pioneers with a thirst for innovation, Gorton’s was the first to develop a frozen convenience food in 1944 when it launched the frozen fish steak. “Now we are exclusively in frozen seafood,” Director of Purchasing Greg Jeffers says. “We offer a variety of products from different species and we want to provide a variety of healthy, nutritious seafood to customers.”
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