The Future Looks Bright! Happy New Year from all at Collins Seafoods

The Future Looks Bright!

Happy New Year from all at Collins Seafoods!

Client Feedback

2022 was another fantastic year for us at Collins Seafoods, as we saw our flagship vessel Kirkella return to the Barents Sea after complications with Brexit limited fishing in these waters in 2021.

We saw Kirkella land four times last year, each one successful, and the impressive factory trawler brought back plenty of cod and haddock ready for us to distribute to fish and chip shops, wholesalers, pubs and restaurants. As well as supplying the UK through our depots in County Durham and Leeds, 2022 saw Collins Seafoods Ireland complete its first full year of trading to aid the distribution of products overseas and 2023 looks bright for all three companies.

This year, we will continue to use our consistent methods of catching and preparing frozen-at-sea fish to meet our customer’s needs. One of our clients, James Verrill at Eskdale Fisheries, told us his thoughts on frozen-at-sea compared to fresh fish: “Personally, I like to fry frozen-at-sea cod over fresh most of the time because it has a more consistent and stable price. You also have the ability to defrost small amounts as required, and it can last for periods of time that fresh doesn’t allow.”

Having a good relationship with our customers is extremely important to us because we are constantly learning more about their requirements in order to continue to improve and adapt to their specifications, and we plan to build on this in 2023.

We also benefit from having good relationships with our sundry suppliers, which brings advantages for our clients; last December, we celebrated the World Cup by offering our customers a great promotion on McWhinney’s Sausages.

Additionally in 2022, we built on our relationship with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), working closely with the organisation to ensure we met all the sustainability requirements to ensure full traceability on our products. We also helped support MSC’s Sustainable Seafood Week campaign on social media and wrote a blog focusing on the benefits of this significant awareness week.

We are constantly aiming to improve our sustainability in the business, for example, last year we installed electric vehicle chargers at our North East depot, and in 2023 we hope to add solar panels to the roof.

We would like to say thank you to the Chippy Chat Magazine for working with us over the years, and we would like to wish our valued customers all the best for 2023.

CONTACT

COLLINS SEAFOODS NORTH EAST:

Unit 2, Park 2000, Heighington Lane Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham DL5 6AR Tel: 01325 315544 Web: www.collinsseafoods.co.uk Email: sales@collinsseafoods.co.uk

COLLINS SEAFOODS YORKSHIRE:

Unit 2, Felnex Crescent, Cross Green Industrial Estate, Leeds, LS9 0SN Tel: 0113 2498832 Email: salesyorkshire@collinsseafoods.co.uk