About Young’s Seafood

Young’s is Britain’s most famous name in fish. Building on its 200 year heritage, Young’s uses both modern and traditional skills to produce a vast range of top quality frozen and chilled seafood, all sold under the Young’s brand. Everything Young’s does is driven by its passion for fish as one of the healthiest and most delicious natural foods. It is a pioneer in responsibly sourced seafood and a UK market leader in products made using Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) accredited fish from sustainable sources.

Young’s has a turnover of more than £300m a year and is based in Grimsby, the natural home of British fish. The majority of its 2,000 staff are based there, with around 50 at specialist scampi facilities in Scotland and Northern Ireland. 

Young’s is the UK branded seafood business of the Foodvest Group.
www.youngsseafood.co.uk

Foodvest is a £1.1bn, independently-owned European seafood and frozen food business. It is comprised of Young’s and The Seafood Company in the UK, together with Findus in Scandinavia and France. It has a total workforce of some 6,300 people; over 4,000 of these people are based across various sites in the UK.

Foodvest’s strategy is to continue to lead consolidation in the European food sector, whilst being at the forefront of product development and responsible food policies. The Group intends to be a world leader in responsible seafood sourcing and good environmental practice.
www.foodvest.co.uk

Young’s key facts

• Young’s is the UK’s biggest brand in fish. It has more than 40% of the market for frozen fish products and 37% of the market in chilled.
• Young’s total turnover is in excess of £300m.
• Young’s history dates back more than 200 years to its foundation by Elizabeth Young in 1805, on the banks of the river Thames. In the 19th century it was a supplier to the famous ‘Whitebait Feasts’ attended by statesmen such as Gladstone and Asquith.
• The UK total market for seafood is worth £ 2.3bn a year (Source: Nielsen, Oct 2007)
• The company is headquartered in Grimsby on the Humber, a town famous for its heritage in fishing. 
• Young’s has strong principles in relation to responsible fishing and is a European leader in seafood sustainability. It calls this approach ‘Young’s Fish for Life.’
• Young’s Seafood won two major UK industry awards in 2007 (see next page)