Euclid Fish Company

What Euclid Fish Company does

Euclid Fish Company is a fourth-generation, family-owned wholesale food distributor headquartered in Mentor, Ohio, founded in 1944 by Chef John Comella. The company procures, processes, and delivers fresh and frozen seafood, fresh-cut meats and poultry, and gourmet specialty products to premium dining establishments, private clubs, hotels, casinos, specialty retailers, and group purchasing organizations across Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and northern Kentucky. Operations are organized across multiple wholly-owned sub-brands: Euclid Fish Company (fresh and frozen seafood), Forest City Meats (portion-controlled steaks, veal, lamb, pork, poultry, and game), Medium Rare Foods (luxury exotic proteins), Euclid's Finest Gourmet Specialties (artisanal cheeses, charcuterie, imported oils and vinegars), EFC Market (retail fish market in Cleveland), King Tide (consumer-direct seafood delivery), NEO Cold Storage (third-party cold storage and fulfillment), and Chef Comella's Clambakes (catering).

Name

Euclid Fish Company

Legal name

Euclid Fish Company

Website

https://euclidfish.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1944

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Euclid Fish Company is a fourth-generation, family-owned wholesale food distributor founded in 1944, serving premium restaurants, hotels, casinos, and retailers across Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky with fresh and frozen seafood, meats, and gourmet specialties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Seafood Distribution

NAICS

Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (424460), Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (42447), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (311710)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140), Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)

akta.pro primary industry

Seafood Wholesale (Fresh & Frozen) (AFAIADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Shellfish Wholesale (Crustaceans & Mollusks) (AFAIADAF), Shellfish Value-Added Products (Shucked Oysters, Mussels, Clams; Cooked/Marinated) (AFANALAK)

Keywords

• Wholesale seafood distribution
• Fresh seafood supply
• Foodservice distribution
• Center of plate proteins
• Gourmet specialty foods

Headquarters

HQ city

Mentor

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Seafood Distribution: Core revenue stream from distributing fresh and frozen seafood products to restaurants, hotels, casinos, and retail establishments across Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
2. Meat & Poultry Distribution: Distribution of fresh cut meats including steaks, veal, lamb, pork, poultry, and game meats through Forest City Meats and Medium Rare Foods divisions.
3. Gourmet Specialty Products: Sale of artisanal cheeses, charcuterie meats, grains, roasted vegetables, pastry ingredients, imported oils and vinegars through Euclid's Finest label.
4. Retail Market Sales: Direct retail sales through their local fish market (EFC Market) and clambake catering services.
5. Cold Storage & Logistics Services: NEO Cold Storage facility offering temperature-controlled storage, fulfillment and logistics options to customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Euclid Fish Company is a fourth-generation family-owned wholesale food distributor founded in 1944 that supplies fresh and frozen seafood, fresh-cut meats, poultry, and gourmet specialty products to premium dining establishments, hotels, casinos, private clubs, specialty retailers, and group purchasing organizations across Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and northern Kentucky. The company sources products from premium global suppliers, processes them in a BRC-approved facility with proprietary double-inspection quality control and temperature-controlled logistics, and complements wholesale operations with a retail fish market (EFC Market), clambake catering, consumer home delivery (King Tide), and NEO Cold Storage logistics services.

Product overview

Euclid Fish Company is a fourth-generation family wholesale food distribution company founded in 1944. The company operates as a broad-line distributor offering multiple interconnected product lines: (1) Fresh and Frozen Seafood under the Euclid Fish Company brand, (2) Fresh cut meats and exotic proteins via Forest City Meats and Medium Rare Foods sub-brands, (3) Gourmet specialties including artisanal cheeses, charcuterie, and imported ingredients through Euclid's Finest, and (4) Consumer-direct services including retail market (EFC Market), clambake catering (Chef Comella's Clambakes), and home delivery (King Tide). Supporting infrastructure includes NEO Cold Storage for logistics and fulfillment. The company serves premium dining establishments, private clubs, hotels, casinos, retailers, and group purchasing organizations across Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and northern Kentucky.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Euclid's Finest: Specialty and gourmet food division offering artisanal cheeses, charcuterie meats, grains, roasted vegetables, pastry ingredients, imported oils and vinegars, and seasonal specialties
• Forest City Meats
• Medium Rare Foods

Products and services

• Wholesale Seafood Distribution (Euclid Fish Company) Fourth-generation family wholesale distribution of fresh and frozen seafood products to premium dining establishments, private clubs, specialty retail and groceries, hotels, casinos, and group purchasing organizations across Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
• Fresh Seafood Fresh fish and shellfish products with professionally cut loins, fillets, and precise value-added cuts or portions, sourced from premium global suppliers for culinary professionals.
• Frozen Seafood Frozen seafood including frozen-at-sea and land-based fillet options, vacuum packs, and value-added options ranging from beer-battered to prepared items and cakes.
• Forest City Meats Fresh cut meat program offering portion-controlled steaks, veal, lamb, pork, poultry, and game meats — both domestic and imported — cut and packaged to customer specifications under the Center of the Plate program.
• Medium Rare Foods Purveyor of rare and exotic luxury meats including wagyu, heritage breed beef, lamb, pork, poultry, game and exotic meats, dairy, eggs, honey, and maple syrup.
• Euclid's Finest Gourmet Specialties Specialty and gourmet food division delivering artisanal cheeses and accompaniments, charcuterie meats, grains and roasted vegetables, pastry ingredients, imported oils and vinegars, par-baked breads, finished desserts, and seasonal specialties to culinary professionals.
• EFC Market (Retail Fish Market) Local retail fish market in Cleveland offering the widest selection of fresh seafood for direct consumer purchase, with curbside pickup available.
• Chef Comella's Original Cleveland Clambake (Catering) Catering service for clambakes and related seafood events, originating from Chef John Comella's 1944 catering business and operating under Chef Comella's Original Cleveland Clambake brand.
• King Tide Seafood (Consumer Home Delivery) Direct-to-consumer home delivery service for healthy, wholesome, sustainably harvested seafood.
• NEO Cold Storage Cold storage space booking with fulfillment and logistics options including temperature-controlled vehicles and staging areas for customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Processing employees described as 'the best in the Midwest' at providing professionally cut products
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sea PactcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSea Pact is an alliance formed by leading, like-minded seafood distributors in North America to work toward unprecedented eco-friendly change in the seafood industry. Euclid Fish Company serves on Sea Pact's Advisory Board (since March 2018). The partnership focuses on collective improvement in sustainable farming and wild-caught seafood procurement.
• National Fisheries Institute (NFI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Fisheries Institute is a non-profit trade association promoting sustainability, nutrition, and education about seafood. NFI promotes Americans eating seafood twice per week for longer, healthier lives.
• Better Seafood Board (BSB)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBetter Seafood Board established in 2007 to address concerns about fraud and mislabeling in the seafood industry. Works to ensure Fishery products abide by principles of economic sustainability.
• FishChoicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFishChoice connects retailers, restaurants, institutional buyers with suppliers who are environmental leaders. Online tool aggregates data to make sustainable procurement easier.
• FishWisecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with FishWise on sustainability assessments, due diligence processes, and IUU (Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated) fishing prevention. Company piloted FishWise Self-Assessment Questionnaire to assess risks.
• Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (FFP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on sustainable sourcing initiatives and fishery improvement efforts.
• Ocean OutcomesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on sustainable seafood sourcing and ocean conservation efforts.
• Global Tuna AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership focused on sustainable tuna sourcing and responsible tuna fisheries management.
• East Coast Shellfish Growers AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting sustainable shellfish aquaculture on the East Coast.
• Frosty Acres Brands CooperativecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrosty Acres Brands is a cooperative of independent broadliners, wholesalers, retailers, and C-store distributors across the US and Caribbean. Euclid Fish Company aligns with this cooperative for private label products including Restaurant's Pride brand.
• Blue Water Fishermen's AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary goal is conservation and management of Highly Migratory Species (HMS) fisheries, understanding sea turtles, marine mammals and HMS fishery resources, and reduction of bycatch mortality.
• Gulf Maine Research Institute (GMRI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGMRI Mussel FIP project funding to support processors/harvesters of Wild Mussels to sustain wild stock. Provides measurement tools for businesses to assess mussel distribution, population size, and climate resiliency.
• Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough association with SeaPact, supporting GGGI as main coalition addressing abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in oceans. Lost gear is one of biggest threats to marine animals.
• Ora King SalmoncoreOthersPremium salmon supplier from New Zealand. Ora King Salmon is the highest graded brand in NZ, raising king salmon (Chinook). Euclid Fish Company visits operations to ensure quality and sustainability standards.
• True North SeafoodcoreOthersCanadian Atlantic salmon supplier from St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Company visited to observe salmon's life cycle, from hatchery to harvest. Known for sustainable practices including fallowing and synchronous treatments.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fortune Fish & Gourmet: Midwest-based premium seafood and specialty foods broad-line distributor serving fine dining, hotels, casinos, and country clubs. Closest comparable to Euclid Fish in product mix, customer base, and quality/sustainability positioning.
• True World Foods: Seafood and specialty foods distributor serving Japanese and Asian restaurants plus broader foodservice nationwide. Overlaps with Euclid on seafood wholesale and premium/specialty positioning, though at larger national scale.
• Halperns' Steak and Seafood: Premium protein distributor (center-of-plate meats and seafood) serving fine-dining restaurants, hotels, and country clubs across the Eastern US. Direct overlap with Euclid's Forest City Meats and premium hospitality customer base.
• Inland Seafood: Regional seafood distributor headquartered in Chicago supplying fresh and frozen seafood to restaurants and retailers across the Midwest and Southeast. Directly comparable in product breadth, foodservice focus, and Midwest distribution model.
• Seattle Fish Company: Premium regional seafood distributor with sustainability focus, serving restaurants and retailers across the Mountain West and Midwest. Comparable focus on responsibly sourced product and chef-driven customer base.
• Pacific Seafood: Vertically integrated West Coast seafood processor and distributor with processing, wholesale, and retail operations. Comparable in vertical integration (processing + distribution + retail) and sustainability commitments.
• Lobel's of New York: Specialty meat purveyor (wagyu, dry-aged beef, game) supplying high-end restaurants and retailers. Comparable to Euclid's Medium Rare Foods division in premium exotic protein positioning and chef customer base.
• Sam Rust Seafood: Midwest-based regional seafood distributor operating its own processing facility and fleet, serving restaurants, retailers, and institutions across Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and surrounding states. Direct competitive overlap in Euclid's core Midwest territory.

Broad incumbents

• US Foods: Large national broadline foodservice distributor with strong premium/specialty portfolio. Competes against Euclid for hotel, casino, and restaurant group contracts at the multi-state level.
• Sysco Corporation: Largest broadline foodservice distributor in North America with nationwide seafood, meats, and specialty distribution. Competes for the same foodservice customers as Euclid but at far greater scale and breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/euclid-fish-company
• Instagraminstagram.com/euclidfishco

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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