Turnover: 390 million EUR (2022)
Country: France
- French leader in seafood products
- 900 employees
- 2016 Acquisition of the Beganton group in Brittany (pot fishing), the Normandy-based Kermarée (shellfish)
- 2022 Acquisition of Irish company Breizon (lobster)
- Creation of a digital platform to develop sales
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Seafood: Mericq expands in France and sets up in Spain 11/05/2023
- Mericq is the French leader in the seafood sector.
- The new Brive-la-Gaillarde logistics center covers an area of 1,500 m².
- The investment for this hub is 5.6 million euros, 40% of which is subsidized by FranceAgrimer.
- Mericq employs 850 people.
- Mericq's total sales in 2022 were 390 million euros, rising to 430 million euros by 2023
- The company has already made several acquisitions, including Breizon in Ireland, Béganton in Brittany and Kermarée in Normandy.
- Mericq has just acquired Spain's Mariscos Wildomar, with sales expected to reach 10 million euros by 2022.
- The Spanish market represents a potential of nearly 9 billion euros for the company.
Mericq: Fisheries adjust their bluefin tuna quotas according to demand. 02/01/2023
- Fishing quotas for Mediterranean bluefin tuna, once an endangered species, have never been higher
- At the end of November, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat) decided to increase the total allowable catch.
- It will rise from 36,000 tonnes in 2022 to 40,570 tonnes per year, including 21,503 tonnes for the European Union, over the period 2023-2025.
- For French fisheries, this means that around 6,600 tonnes of Mediterranean bluefin tuna can be caught from next year, compared with 6,000 tonnes this year.
How Mericq is developing e-commerce for seafood professionals 02/12/2022
- The group processes 41,000 tonnes of products a year
- French leader in seafood thanks to a dozen acquisitions
- Acquiring fishmongers in several coastal areas
- Acquisition of the Beganton group (trap fishing) of Kermarée (shellfish) from the Irish company Breizon (number one in lobster)
- Sales of 337 million euros in 2021, expected to exceed 400 million in 2022
- 900 employees
- Creation and success of a digital e-commerce platform with sales of 30 million euros.
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