Coldwater Seafood was formed in 1996 following the acquisition of Faroe Seafood Company by the Icelandic Group. The combined business operated from two sites in Grimsby and mainly produced frozen coated fish products for the retail and foodservice sectors.

In 2002 Coldwater took its first steps towards expansion into the growing chilled retail seafood sector by acquiring the Albert Fisher site in Redditch. This operation added chilled seafood ready meals and ‘ready to eat’ delicatessen seafood to Coldwater’s range of capabilities.

To increase Coldwater’s share of the chilled seafood retail sector, the Icelandic Group purchased two operations from Northern Foods’ seafood division in July 2004 – a primary fish processing facility in Aberdeen and a retail seafood manufacturing site in Grimsby. The Grimsby operation was merged into Coldwater’s existing retail manufacturing sites throughout 2005.

Since 2005 Coldwater has consolidated its operations to focus on core skills of quality ready meals and coated fish. Coldwater has now 2 specialist manufacturing operations in Grimsby, a sister company producing frozen coated in France and a primary supply partner in Aberdeen.

Today, Coldwater employs over 700 people across its sites in Grimsby. The company is a major frozen and chilled seafood supplier to Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Morrisons, ASDA, Iceland and Aldi.

Over 40 different species of fish and shellfish are processed across the business each week. Coldwater works closely with its suppliers to make sure that all of its raw materials, packaging and ingredients come from sustainable resources.