Pacific Seafood has acquired a new distribution and processing facility in Doral, Florida, U.S.A., as it works to continue expanding its operations.
The nearly 26,000-square-foot facility includes 5,930 square feet of office space across two stories, a refrigerated processing area to handle raw materials and skin-pack processing, and multiple dock-height bay doors for logistics, the company said. Pacific said the purchase will help the company tap into Florida’s USD 53.2 billion (EUR 48.6 billion) grocery market and expand its presence in the Southeast U.S.
“This investment is a gamechanger for our Miami operations,” Pacific Director of Distribution Reggie LaGuardia said in a release. “By securing our own facility, we gain greater control over production, food safety, and IT infrastructure, ensuring we can meet and exceed the needs of our customers. This expansion strengthens our ability to serve key retail and foodservice partners while positioning us for continued growth in the region.”
Pacific said the acquisition is a part of its long-term growth strategy, “Mission 31,” which aims to double the company’s size by 2031. It said the facility will allow it to reduce its reliance on third-party suppliers, process its own seafood, and expand the company’s value-added capabilities such as skin-pack salmon processing.
“Additionally, the facility is expected to achieve critical food safety certifications, such as SQF, that were not possible at the previous location,” Pacific said.
Pacific Seafood recently acquired Trident Seafoods’ Kodiak, Alaska-based processing facility as part of its ongoing expansion efforts as part of Mission 31. At the 2025 Seafood Expo North (SENA), Pacific Seafood Vice President of Resource Sales and Processing Ashton Meier told SeafoodSource the company has already identified efficiencies and established operations at the facility.
“I’m very proud of our team, and it was a very diverse team from government affairs to marketing right through the supply chain through all aspects of our business. They managed to complete an acquisition at the end of December and were operational by the first week of January,” Meier said. “It’s a monumental task; we had to stand up a whole shop floor, processing flow, and it was all done incredibly well and we didn’t skip a beat. We’re processing at historic highs of capacity and production.”
At SENA Pacific also debuted a brand refresh, also as part of the Mission 31 initiative, that focuses on a cleaner, unified look to the products. That packaging is hitting markets across the U.S., and Pacific Seafood Marketing Brand Manager Kady Freeze told SeafoodSource the company will transition over 200 items in 2025.
