Oct
20
Galicia, Spain-based canning company Frinsa del Noroeste has become the first Spanish company within the sector to join forces with Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP).
SFP, a not-for-profit charity set up in 2006 specializes in providing policy advice on fisheries sustainability to food industries involved in the distribution and supply of fish products.
“This partnership is an important step forward in our company’s commitment to responsibility and sustainability,” said Jose Aller, head of sustainability at Ribeira-based Frinsa, which is the eighth largest canner in the world, processing over 100,000 metric tons in 2013.
“We take care to ensure that all the fish and aquaculture products we process meet the highest quality and sustainability standards on the market and from now on we will be redoubling our efforts in close collaboration with SFP.”
Pedro Ferreiro, who is in charge of SFP’s sustainable markets program in Spain, welcomed the announcement.
“We are looking forward to being able to work alongside a firm like Frinsa and starting to apply our working methods in Spain. Sustainability in the fishing and aquaculture sectors is a concern which SFP shares with Frinsa and together we will be able to involve the whole supply chain in setting up measures that lead to real improvements,” he said.
Founded by its now president Ramiro Carregal and CEO Jorge Carregal in 1961, Frinsa is one of Spain’s largest fish canners, alongside Calvo, Conservas Garavilla and Jealsa Rianxeira.
It owns the Ribeira brand, and operates seven factories, with sales both in Spain and abroad.
The company’s turnover has grown fast since 2004, when it was at €152 million. Its turnover was up 16% in 2011 to €365m, then 5% in 2012, and 15% last year.
Frinsa, the third largest Spanish operator in the canned fish industry, opened in November 2013 an independent specialty shop in the wealthy Salamanca borough of Madrid.
The move confirmed that Frinsa is willing to explore more direct ways to place its brand with consumers and shorten reliance on groceries chains, where downward price pressures have spiked since the start of the crisis in 2008 in Spain.
Frinsa is present in some of Spain’s biggest supermarket distributors, from Alcampo and
Carrefour to El Corte Ingles.
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Frinsa del Noroeste, Calvo, Conservas Garavilla and Jealsa Rianxeira feature in Undercurrent News’ newly released 292-page-long report, World’s 100 Largest Seafood Companies 2014, ranking the 100 largest seafood businesses worldwide by their latest turnover figures. Click here to find out more.
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