Ewing's organic smoked salmon chosen by Sainsbury's
Ewing's Seafoods, the leading Northern Irish fishmonger, has won itsfirst significant contract with a major UK supermarket chain. The
company is now supplying organic smoked salmon to Sainsbury's.
Based in Belfast for more than 100 years, Ewing's has begun
providing the smoked salmon, which is sourced from Glenarm Organic
Salmon Company in county Antrim, in 100g packs to all 13 Sainsbury's
supermarkets in Northern Ireland.
Ewing's Seafoods is a family-owned and managed business which has
been based on the Shankill Road in north Belfast since 1911. The
company has been smoking fish in its own kiln and using a unique
technique that involves smoking the salmon slowly over a fragrant
mix of beech and oak wood chips.
Commercial director Crawford Ewing says: "We are delighted to have
secured the business with Sainsbury's in Northern Ireland. It's a
marvellous boost for the company and gives us a very strong platformfor further growth with such a prestigious retailer."
Over 300 restaurants and hotels in Northern Ireland, including thoserun by the region's most respected chefs, now buy fish, mostly on
a daily basis, from Ewing's Seafoods, the artisan business
established by William, Walter's grandfather over a century ago.
"Our continued success owes a great deal to the very close relationship that we've developed with Glenarm Organic Salmon, which producessome of the finest fresh salmon on the market today. They provide
excellent fish for us. The cold waters around our coasts also help
to ensure superb texture and superb flavours of the salmon and the
other fish we source from suppliers in Kilkeel and Portavogie,"
he adds.
Ewing's Seafoods has also won a string of accolades for the
outstanding quality of its cured fish. These include natural smoked cod, light cured salmon and smoked salmon The company has won UK
Great Taste Awards for its organic salmon and a listing in the Top
50 Foods in 2014 for its lightly smoked cod loin.
The company employs 20 people in its shop and nearby processing
plant.
company is now supplying organic smoked salmon to Sainsbury's.
Based in Belfast for more than 100 years, Ewing's has begun
providing the smoked salmon, which is sourced from Glenarm Organic
Salmon Company in county Antrim, in 100g packs to all 13 Sainsbury's
supermarkets in Northern Ireland.
Ewing's Seafoods is a family-owned and managed business which has
been based on the Shankill Road in north Belfast since 1911. The
company has been smoking fish in its own kiln and using a unique
technique that involves smoking the salmon slowly over a fragrant
mix of beech and oak wood chips.
Commercial director Crawford Ewing says: "We are delighted to have
secured the business with Sainsbury's in Northern Ireland. It's a
marvellous boost for the company and gives us a very strong platformfor further growth with such a prestigious retailer."
Over 300 restaurants and hotels in Northern Ireland, including thoserun by the region's most respected chefs, now buy fish, mostly on
a daily basis, from Ewing's Seafoods, the artisan business
established by William, Walter's grandfather over a century ago.
"Our continued success owes a great deal to the very close relationship that we've developed with Glenarm Organic Salmon, which producessome of the finest fresh salmon on the market today. They provide
excellent fish for us. The cold waters around our coasts also help
to ensure superb texture and superb flavours of the salmon and the
other fish we source from suppliers in Kilkeel and Portavogie,"
he adds.
Ewing's Seafoods has also won a string of accolades for the
outstanding quality of its cured fish. These include natural smoked cod, light cured salmon and smoked salmon The company has won UK
Great Taste Awards for its organic salmon and a listing in the Top
50 Foods in 2014 for its lightly smoked cod loin.
The company employs 20 people in its shop and nearby processing
plant.