seafood processing headquarters whitby united kingdom number of employees aprox 300 website www.whitby seafoods.com whitby seafoods ltd is an independent family owned and managed business based in whitby north yorkshire england specialising in frozen seafood products coated in batter and breadcrumbs . contents 1 history 2 acquisitions 3 activities 4 local area 5 references 6 external links history edit whitby seafoods was founded in 1985 when owner graham whittle bought the then defunct whitby shellfish company trading name of nipmark ltd and set out to transform the british breaded scampi industry moving premises to a 40 000 sq ft 3 700 m2 factory on the outskirts of whitby . 1 graham retired as managing director in october 2015 and was succeeded in the role by his son daniel who alongside his sister laura whittle sales and marketing director and brother edward whittle operations director now lead the business 2 acquisitions edit whitby seafoods acquired middleton seafood s 2007 3 and rockall 4 2011 in kilkeel northern ireland consolidating these into kilkeel seafoods and most recently galloway seafoods newton stewart scotland from scofro in 2014 . 5 activities edit as the largest manufacturer of scampi in britain whitby seafoods processes 7635 tonnes of scampi per annum with a current sales of 41 million . historically business to business concern whitby seafoods has in recent years launched and grown its retail presence with listings in all major retail chains in britain with production now split 60 40 between foodservice and retail . 6 in 2014 whitby seafoods underwent a major rebranding with perry hayd taylor from big fish introducing graham the gull as mascot and the tag line bloomin special seafood . new packaging emphasises a seaside feel with beach huts at centre stage . local area edit a town with a rich seafaring heritage whitby s economy is based predominantly on the tourism and fishing trade and located at the mouth of the river esk . whitby with the town taking great pride in being the birthplace of dracula bram stoker conceiving the character during a visit to whitby in 1890 and being inspired by the imposing remains of the ruin of whitby abbey . references edit the grocer 31 july 2015 http www.intrafish.com news article1423000.ece http www.growthbusiness.co.uk news and market deals mergers and acquisitions 256666 seafood company buys northern irish competitor.thtml http www.seafoodsource.com news supply trade ireland s top scampi processor acquires rival http www.undercurrentnews.com 2014 02 04 uk scampi supplier ups share of retail market with acquisition the grocer 31 july 2015 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title whitby seafoods ltd & oldid 741272295 categories companies based in north yorkshireseafood companies of the united kingdomwhitby navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 september 2016 at 13 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view