Phillips Foods, Inc. and Seafood Restaurants
Hooper's Island (1916 ) | |
Headquarters | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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Key people | Dean Flowers (President), COO |
Products | Crab meat Crab cakes Seafood appetizers Gourmet soups |
Revenue | $200 million (2002) [1] |
Number of employees | 1,200 |
Website | phillipsseafood |
Phillips Foods, Inc. and Seafood Restaurants is a family owned and operated
History
In 1914, Augustus E. Phillips established the company's first seafood processing plant on
In 2002, the company was sued for violating the Lanham Act, a statute that provides consumer protection against false advertising. The plaintiff's claimed that Phillips was deceiving its customers after it said that it was following the original recipe while it used Asian crab meat instead of Maryland blue crab.[2]
Phillips Seafood Restaurants currently has 5 company-owned restaurants along the eastern coast of the United States, as well as a network of franchise locations in airports, travel plazas, casinos and sporting arenas.
Crab manufacturing
Phillips is a leading global manufacturer of crab meat, and employs over 2,000 people worldwide. The company's crab processing facilities are found in the United States and Southeast Asia. Ten plants are located worldwide. In 1990, Phillips opened crab processing facilities in Southeast Asia to ensure a year-round supply of swimming crab meat for their restaurants. Phillips Foods has global sales offices in Baltimore, MD and Bangkok, Thailand. While most of the seafood production goes to the United States, the company has a growing market in Asia, Europe, and Australia [3]
Products
Known primarily for their
See also
References
- ^ "Phillips Foods Inc - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ a b "Washington City Paper Cover Story: Crab Imperialist". 15 July 2005. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Phillips Foods outlines plans for new acility in Thailand," Seafax, Retrieved: January 15, 2008