Mr. Bill's Fresh Seafood

Name

Mr. Bill's Fresh Seafood

Legal name

Mr. Bill's Seafood

Website

https://mrbillsseafood.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood Retail Market & Casual Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Fish and Seafood Retailers (445250), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (3117)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Seafood Markets & Fishmongers (CRAHAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Seafood Fast Casual (THAFABAJ), Seafood Meal Kits & Heat-and-Eat Entrées (Prepared Meals Featuring Seafood) (AFANALAH)

Keywords

• Fresh seafood retail
• Live blue crabs
• Casual seafood dining
• Crab steaming service
• Seafood party trays

Headquarters

HQ city

Lancaster

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Retail Seafood Sales: Fresh and frozen seafood sold by the pound at retail. Includes live and steamed blue crabs, fresh fish, shrimp, lobster, crab meat, oysters, and more.
2. Fat Crab Cafe Restaurant: Casual seafood dining restaurant within the market. Offers seafood entrees, daily specials, sandwiches, soups, and dinner items. Dine-in with table service for crabs (BYOB policy).
3. Party Trays and Prepared Foods: Pre-ordered party trays including shrimp trays, crab cocktail claw trays, and combination trays. Also offers ready-prepared items like crab cakes, soups, and salads.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mr. Bill's Fresh Seafood operates a single-location retail seafood market in Lancaster, PA, selling fresh and frozen seafood — including live and steamed blue crabs, fresh fish, shrimp, lobster, crab meat, oysters, clams, mussels, and pre-made party trays — by the pound to walk-in and online pickup customers. The same site houses The Fat Crab Cafe, a casual seafood dining restaurant serving chef-prepared entrees, sandwiches, soups, and daily specials for dine-in service.

Product overview

Mr. Bill's Fresh Seafood is a family-owned seafood market founded in 1973, operated as a single-location retail market and casual dining restaurant in Lancaster, PA. The core offering consists of a full-line fresh and frozen seafood market (Mr. Bill's Fresh Seafood Market) combined with an on-site restaurant (The Fat Crab Cafe). The product portfolio spans live and steamed blue crabs, king crab, snow crab, and dungeness crab; various crab meats; fresh fish and scallops; shrimp in multiple sizes and party tray formats; lobster (live, tails, and meat); clams, oysters, and mussels; frozen seafood from around the world; and ready-prepared heat-and-eat items including soups, salads, and appetizers. The two brands operate from the same physical location with separate store and cafe hours, and products are available for both retail purchase and dine-in service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Fat Crab Cafe: A casual seafood dining restaurant located within Mr. Bill's Fresh Seafood market, featuring seafood favorites prepared by a well credentialed chef. Offers lunch and dinner year-round along with patio dining during fair-weather months.

Products and services

• Mr. Bill's Fresh Seafood Market Lancaster, PA's premiere retail seafood market selling a full line of fresh and frozen seafood — live and steamed blue crabs, fresh fish, scallops, crab meat, oysters, lobsters, and prepared items — by the pound for home preparation, plus party trays for events.
• The Fat Crab Cafe On-site casual seafood dining restaurant offering chef-prepared daily specials, sandwiches, soups, and dinner entrees (e.g., crab cakes, lobster rolls, fish tacos, linguine in clam sauce), with dine-in and patio service and a BYOB policy for crab feasts.
• Seafood Party Trays Pre-ordered party trays including Shrimp Trays, Blue Crab Cocktail Claw Trays, Shrimp & Blue Crab Cocktail Claw Combination Trays, and Shrimp & Snow Crab Combination Trays, available in Regular and Large sizes with cocktail sauce for events and entertaining.
• Raw Bar To Go Holiday and party raw bar offering of oysters or top neck clams shucked on the half shell, packed to go with cocktail sauce, horseradish, mignonette sauce, and lemon wedges.
• Ready Prepared Foods Heat-and-eat seafood items including oven-ready appetizers (e.g., Clam Casino), kitchen-ready items (crab cakes, breaded oysters), fresh seafood salads (crab, shrimp, tuna), soups, and stocks.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Crab Place: Maryland-based specialty seafood retailer (now online-led) focused on crabs and shellfish shipped nationwide; directly comparable assortment and regional Mid-Atlantic heritage.
• The Lobster Place: Iconic NYC seafood market combining a retail fish counter, wholesale operation, and on-site dining under one roof — the closest structural analog to Mr. Bill's market-plus-cafe format.
• Citarella: NYC specialty seafood market and prepared-foods retailer offering fresh fish, shellfish, and ready-to-eat items; closely comparable in product breadth and dual retail/prepared format.
• Browne Trading Company: Maine-based retail and wholesale seafood purveyor offering fresh fish, shellfish, and prepared items to consumers and chefs; comparable breadth of assortment and direct-to-consumer positioning.
• Pike Place Fish Market: Seattle-based retail fish market famous for in-house seafood handling and tourist-driven foot traffic; comparable as a destination specialty seafood retailer with strong brand recognition.

Broad incumbents

• Legal Sea Foods: Established multi-location seafood restaurant chain with adjacent retail market; comparable menu and brand positioning but at far greater scale and geographic reach than Mr. Bill's.
• Whole Foods Market: National grocery retailer with prominent fresh seafood counters; competes for the same fresh-seafood-at-home occasion but as part of a much broader assortment.
• Joe's Crab Shack: National casual-dining seafood chain with a crab-centric menu comparable to Fat Crab Cafe's positioning, though operating at significantly larger scale and standardized format.
• Phillips Seafood: Mid-Atlantic seafood restaurant and foodservice operator with a strong crab-centric menu; comparable regional identity and seafood focus, though operating at chain scale.

Emerging players

• Lobster Anywhere: Online-direct specialty seafood retailer shipping live lobster, crab, and finfish nationwide; emerging channel competitor that reaches inland customers like Mr. Bill's without a storefront.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FatCrabCafe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mrbillsseafood

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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