Scott and Jon Demers spent four years developing their Maine-based frozen seafood company, Cheating Gourmet, into a national brand. Their success is evident in their distribution footprint, which has grown from 700 stores to 3,000 in the past year. The company, based in Auburn, Maine, makes a line of frozen appetizers using scallops, lobster and crab.
SeafoodSource: Talk a bit about the intersection of the seafood business in Maine and gourmet value-added products and how you’ve leveraged tha…