Parish Seafood Company

What Parish Seafood Company does

Parish Seafood Company is a Louisiana-owned and operated crawfish business operating across retail, wholesale, and food-service channels. The company is the retail-facing brand of the broader Rayne & Welsh Wholesale operation, founded in 2020 when partners Madison McIntyre, Casey Bergeron, and Charlie Johnson restructured their prior venture (The Crawfish Connection) into a formal wholesale entity. Through Rayne & Welsh Wholesale, the company handles up to 4 million pounds of crawfish annually, sourced from approximately 1,500 owned acres and committed purchases from another 4,500 acres, with peak daily harvest capacity of 60,000 pounds. Distribution flows through four Louisiana distribution centers to 13 wholesale accounts (sole supplier to at least 9), named customers including Captain Sid's and Bevi, plus a regional wholesaler network reaching into the Southeastern US.

The business operates a vertically integrated stack: traditional crawfish harvesting using traps and pedal-controlled boats; mechanical processing via a $150,000 conveyor washing machine; a separate hand-peeling facility producing tail meat for food-service buyers; and two retail drive-through locations — Parish Seafood Company in Welsh (opened 2020) and Bayou Boil 'n Geaux in Covington (partner stake taken in 2019). Casey Bergeron additionally runs a catering and festivals line. The company employs approximately 60 staff, with roughly 95% working on visas at $14/hour, and the founder takes only a $20,000 salary while reinvesting more than 80% of profits. Industry context is constrained: pricing is set weekly by the "Big Five" largest Louisiana operators, business is conducted on handshakes, and the company reports ~$500,000 in 2022 profits despite a >40% rise in costs and >$150,000 in incremental fuel expense versus 2022.

Name

Parish Seafood Company

Legal name

Parish Seafood Company

Website

https://parishseafoodcompany.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Parish Seafood Company is the retail brand of Rayne & Welsh Wholesale, a Louisiana crawfish operation harvesting up to 4 million pounds annually across owned and committed acreage, distributing live crawfish to 13 wholesale accounts and selling through two retail drive-through locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Crawfish Distribution

NAICS

Aquaculture (11251), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446), Fish and Seafood Retailers (445250)

SIC

Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150), Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)

akta.pro primary industry

Freshwater Shellfish & Crustacean Farming (e.g., crayfish) (AFAEAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Shellfish Wholesale (Crustaceans & Mollusks) (AFAIADAF), Seafood Markets & Fishmongers (CRAHAHAC)

Keywords

• Wholesale crawfish distribution
• Live crawfish supply
• Crawfish tail meat processing
• Retail crawfish sales
• Louisiana seafood catering

Headquarters

HQ city

Welsh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Crawfish Sales: Primary revenue stream from selling live crawfish to wholesalers and restaurants. Handles up to 4 million pounds of crawfish annually. Larger high-grade crawfish are sold within 12-24 hours of harvest. Smaller crawfish are processed for tail meat.
2. Retail Crawfish Sales: Direct retail sales through drive-through locations offering live crawfish with fixins and boiled fresh crawfish. Parish Seafood Company in Welsh and Bayou Boil 'n Geaux in Covington serve retail customers.
3. Crawfish Tail Meat Processing: Processing smaller crawfish into tail meat at separate factory facilities. Tail meat is peeled by hand and sold to restaurants and for food service use.
4. Catering and Festivals: Catering services and festival participation for events. Casey Bergeron manages retail, catering and festivals side of business.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Parish Seafood Company is a vertically integrated Louisiana crawfish company that harvests, processes, and sells live crawfish and hand-peeled crawfish tail meat. The company handles up to 4 million pounds of crawfish annually across 1,500 owned acres plus 4,500 committed acres, distributing through the wholesale arm Rayne & Welsh Wholesale to restaurants and seafood markets, and selling boiled crawfish directly to consumers through retail drive-throughs at Parish Seafood Company in Welsh and Bayou Boil 'n Geaux in Covington.

Product overview

Parish Seafood Company operates as a multi-component crawfish business comprising retail, wholesale, and food service operations. The core business is Rayne & Welsh Wholesale, one of Louisiana's largest crawfish operations handling up to 4 million pounds annually. Retail operations include Parish Seafood Company in Welsh (drive-through boiled crawfish) and Bayou Boil 'n Geaux in Covington. The company sells live crawfish wholesale and processes smaller crawfish into hand-peeled tail meat. Services include wholesale distribution, catering, and festival management. The three founding partners are Madison McIntyre, Casey Bergeron, and Charlie Johnson.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Parish Seafood Company (Retail) Retail drive-through location at 726 East Russell Street, Welsh, LA, offering boiled crawfish and live crawfish with fixins directly to consumers.
• Bayou Boil 'n Geaux Restaurant and boil spot in Covington, Louisiana offering boiled crawfish with fixins and drive-through service to consumers.
• Rayne & Welsh Wholesale Wholesale crawfish distribution operation handling up to 4 million pounds of crawfish annually across 1,500 owned acres plus 4,500 committed acres, supplying seafood markets and restaurants across the Southeastern United States.
• Live Crawfish Live crawfish sold wholesale through Rayne & Welsh Wholesale, with larger high-grade crawfish sold within 12-24 hours of harvest to restaurants, seafood markets, and wholesalers.
• Processed Crawfish Tail Meat Hand-peeled crawfish tail meat processed from smaller crawfish at a separate factory facility, sold to restaurants and food service customers.
• Wholesale Crawfish Distribution Wholesale distribution of live crawfish to restaurants and seafood markets through Rayne & Welsh Wholesale, with 13 wholesale accounts across Louisiana and the Southeastern United States.
• Catering Services Catering services and festival participation for events and parties, managed by partner Casey Bergeron.

Quantifiable outcome

• Processes 4 million pounds of crawfish annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bayou Boil 'n GeauxcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Parish Seafood Company founders invested in Bayou Boil 'n Geaux in Covington in 2019. This is a co-owned venture that provides retail drive-through crawfish boil services, complementing their wholesale operations.
• Eric Thomas / The Crawfish HutminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEric Thomas pioneered the two-stage boiling method used by the company in 1996 at The Crawfish Hut. This technique involves initially boiling crawfish in unseasoned water, then tossing with spices and lemon juice before steaming - a key operational methodology adopted by the founders.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sysco: Largest broadline foodservice distributor in North America; sets restaurant supply benchmarks and competes for the same restaurant customers Parish serves, especially in crawfish-heavy Louisiana foodservice.
• Pacific Seafood Group: Large multi-species seafood processor and distributor with nationwide wholesale reach; competes for foodservice seafood accounts and operates scaled processing facilities analogous to Parish's vertical model.

Direct peers

• Marvin's Crawfish: Louisiana-based live crawfish supplier serving wholesale and consumer channels with seasonal direct-to-consumer boils — closely comparable to Parish Seafood's combined wholesale/retail crawlfish model.
• Louisiana Crawfish Company: Louisiana crawfish farm and distributor selling live crawfish and tail meat to wholesalers and consumers, with comparable acreage-based sourcing and direct-to-consumer offerings.
• Cajun Crawfish: Texas- and Louisiana-based live crawfish distributor and online retailer offering both wholesale and direct-to-consumer live crawfish, boiled crawfish, and crawfish boils — directly overlapping Parish Seafood's live/boiled wholesale and retail model.
• Acadian Crawfish: Louisiana-based live crawfish supplier sourcing from Acadian rice fields; competes directly with Rayne & Welsh Wholesale on live crawfish wholesale supply to restaurants and seafood markets.

Regional players

• Inland Seafood: Atlanta-based specialty seafood distributor serving the Southeast US — overlapping with Parish Seafood's Southeastern US operating geography for restaurant and retailer seafood supply.
• Harbor Seafood: Northeast US seafood wholesaler with similar foodservice and retail distribution model; comparable as a regional seafood merchant wholesaler adjacent to Parish's emerging regional reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/the_crawfish_connection
• Facebookfacebook.com/parishseafoodcompany
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/parish-seafood-company

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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