Phillips Foods, Inc. and Seafood Restaurants facts for kids
Phillips Seafood Express at the Maryland House rest area
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| Industry | Restaurant |
| Genre | Seafood |
| Founded | Hooper's Island (1916) |
| Headquarters | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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Key people
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Dean Flowers (President), COO |
| Products | Crab meat Crab cakes Seafood appetizers Gourmet soups |
| Revenue | $200 million (2002) |
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Number of employees
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1,200 |
Phillips Foods, Inc. and Seafood Restaurants is a family-owned company that focuses on seafood. It is based in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Phillips Foods makes and sells seafood products, especially crab meat and crab cakes. They also have a line of fish and shrimp items. The company's main office is in Baltimore, Maryland. Phillips Seafood Restaurants offer casual dining, buffet meals, and food you can take out.
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The Story of Phillips Seafood
In 1914, a man named Augustus E. Phillips started the company's first seafood factory. It was on Hooper's Island in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. This factory processed seafood caught by many local watermen.
Growing the Business
Years later, in 1956, there were lots of crabs available. Augustus's son, Brice Phillips, and his wife, Shirley, decided to open their first "crab shack." This was in Ocean City, Maryland. Brice and Shirley kept adding new dining areas to Phillips Crab House every year. Eventually, their restaurant could seat 1,400 people!
Changes in Crab Sourcing
Over time, Phillips Foods began to use crab meat from different places. In 2002, some people questioned if the company was still using only Maryland blue crab. Phillips Foods started getting crab meat from Southeast Asia to make sure they had enough supply all year round.
Phillips Restaurants Today
Today, Phillips Seafood Restaurants has five company-owned locations along the eastern coast of the United States. You can also find their restaurants in airports, travel stops, casinos, and sports stadiums. These are often run by other businesses as franchises.
How Phillips Gets Its Crab
Phillips is a major company that processes crab meat around the world. They have more than 2,000 employees globally.
Crab Processing Plants
The company has crab processing factories in the United States and Southeast Asia. There are ten plants in total worldwide. Phillips opened its crab processing facilities in Southeast Asia in 1990. This helped them get a steady supply of swimming crab meat for their restaurants all year.
Global Sales
Phillips Foods has sales offices in Baltimore, Maryland, and Bangkok, Thailand. Most of their seafood products are sold in the United States. However, they are also growing their sales in Asia, Europe, and Australia.
Phillips Seafood Products
Phillips Foods is well-known for its delicious crab cakes. But they also offer many other products for stores and restaurants.
Variety of Seafood Items
Their product list includes crab meat, appetizers, fish, seafood cakes, soups, main dishes, spices, and sauces. While the company first became famous for using Maryland blue crab, they now mostly sell crab from Southeast Asia.
