Acme Smoked Fish Corp. Explained

Acme Smoked Fish Corp. is the largest producer of smoked salmon in North America,[1] [2] [3] and is also a manufacturer and seller of pickled herring and other smoked and cured seafood products. Acme Smoked Fish has US-based facilities located in New York City, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Florida, as well as international locations in Chile and Denmark. Acme Smoked Fish Corp. is a privately held, family-owned company, that has been headquartered in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn since 1954.[4] [5]

History

Harry Brownstein founded what would eventually become Acme Smoked Fish in 1906, shortly after emigrating from Russia.[6] In Brownstein's early days buying and selling smoked fish in Brooklyn, he did so from a horse-drawn wagon throughout several Brooklyn neighborhoods before setting up a brick-and-mortar location in the Brownsville neighborhood during the 1930s. In 1941, Rubin Caslow of Arcee Sales, a prominent smoked fish seller in Brooklyn at the time, joined Harry Brownstein's smoked fish company after marrying Charlotte Brownstein, the daughter of Harry Brownstein.[7] In 1954, Acme Smoked Fish was officially incorporated and began manufacturing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the company's current international headquarters.[8]

In 1966, Acme's Brooklyn facility had to be rebuilt after a major fire destroyed the plant.[9] Soon after the reconstruction of the facility the company began its pickled herring division. In 1969, Acme Smoked Fish founder Harry Brownstein died,[10] leaving the company to his sons Joseph and Morton Brownstein and son-in-law Rubin Caslow. In 1975, to accommodate growth and increasing production requirements, Acme purchased the building next door to their Brooklyn facility, bringing the company to occupy a full New York City block.[11]

In 1970 and 1972, respectively, Robert and Eric Caslow joined Acme Smoked Fish as the company's third generation of owner operators.[12] In 1978 Acme Smoked Fish introduced its first commercial line of consumer packaged good smoked salmon and lox products.[13]

Acme Smoked Fish acquired another company for the first time in 2007 with the purchase of Great American Smoked Fish of Pompano Beach, Florida, establishing a new headquarters for Acme Smoked Fish of Florida, LLC, which began as a regional distribution center in 2005.[14] In 2015, Acme opened the largest smoked salmon facility in the United States in Wilmington, North Carolina.[15] [16] Also in 2015, the company opened Acme Chile in Puerto Montt, Chile, making Acme Smoked Fish Corp. multinational for the first time in the company's history.[17] [18]

In 2019, Acme Smoked Fish acquired Spence & Co. Ltd. of Brockton, Massachusetts.[19] [20] [21] In 2020, Acme made another acquisition in the form of a majority stake in Norlax A/S, a producer of smoked fish products based in Outrup, Denmark.[22] [23] [24] Currently, Acme Smoked Fish is managed by its fourth generation of owner operators, Adam Caslow, David Caslow, and Emily Caslow.[25] [26]

In Popular Culture

Acme Smoked Fish partnered with New York City-based Zucker's Bagels in 2018 in an attempt to make the world's largest bagel, cream cheese, and smoked salmon sandwich. The final product weighed 213 pounds.[27] The attempt was featured on Inside Edition, but was never certified as a world record by Guinness World Records.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tran (k_tran) . Kim . May 24, 2021 . Acme lands new branded smoked salmon items at Costco, Whole Foods IntraFish . 2022-07-20 . IntraFish Latest seafood, aquaculture and fisheries news . en.
  2. Web site: Acme opens largest U.S. smoked salmon facility, expands into Chile SeafoodSource . 2022-07-20 . www.seafoodsource.com.
  3. News: April 14, 2007 . RUBIN CASLOW, 86: Tireless businessman: ran smoked-fish empire. . S9 . Globe & Mail [Toronto, Canada] .
  4. Web site: Fortney . Luke . May 28, 2021 . Legendary Acme Smoked Fish Will Expand and Stay in Brooklyn . 2022-07-12 . Eater NY . en.
  5. News: Marx . Rebecca Flint . December 7, 2012 . A Factory Where Lox Is the Lure . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-07-12 . 0362-4331.
  6. Web site: Gergely . Julia . May 25, 2022 . 47-year veteran of Brooklyn's Acme Smoked Fish celebrates his final 'Fish Friday' . 2022-07-12 . . en-US.
  7. News: Fox . Margalit . April 12, 2007 . Rubin Caslow, 86, Leader of a Smoked-Fish Dynasty, Dies . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-07-12 . 0362-4331.
  8. Web site: November 4, 2019 . Acme Smoked Fish's humble beginnings and Fish Fridays . 2022-07-12 . Red Hook Star-Revue . en-US.
  9. Web site: Gurkov . Chaya . December 9, 2020 . ACME Fish Company Has Lox to Say About Expanding . 2022-07-12 . politicsny.com . en-US.
  10. Web site: Harry Brownstein . 2022-07-12 . AncientFaces . en.
  11. Web site: May 18, 2022 . Acme Smoked Fish's Special Fish Friday This Week Honors Gary Brownstein's Retirement . 2022-07-12 . Greenpointers . en-US.
  12. Web site: Acme Smoked Fish Co-Chairman Eric Caslow dies SeafoodSource . 2022-07-12 . www.seafoodsource.com.
  13. Web site: Factory Tour: Acme Smoked Fish Corporation News . 2022-07-12 . www.specialtyfood.com.
  14. Web site: December 22, 2021 . Smoked Fish Purveyor Nets Pompano Beach Industrial Building . 2022-07-12 . The Real Deal South Florida . en-US.
  15. Web site: Acme opens largest smoked salmon facility in US March 19, 2015 Food Engineering . 2022-07-12 . www.foodengineeringmag.com . en.
  16. Web site: Company plans to bring $400M investment, 1,000 jobs to area . 2022-07-12 . WilmingtonBiz.
  17. Web site: Acme opens largest U.S. smoked salmon facility, expands into Chile SeafoodSource . 2022-07-12 . www.seafoodsource.com.
  18. Web site: April 13, 2020 . Acme Smoked Fish . 2022-07-12 . FishChoice . en.
  19. Web site: Evans . Owen . October 24, 2019 . New York's Acme Smoked Fish aqcuires Scottish salmon smoker . 2022-07-12 . SalmonBusiness . en-GB.
  20. Web site: Dumlao . Doris C. . August 12, 2011 . Alliance closes deal with Spence & Co. . 2022-07-12 . INQUIRER.net . en.
  21. Web site: Corporation . Acme Smoked Fish . October 24, 2019 . Spence & Co. Ltd. Joins Acme Smoked Fish Corp. . 2022-07-12 . Perishable News . en-US.
  22. Web site: Acme Smoked Fish acquires majority stake in Norlax A/S SeafoodSource . 2022-07-12 . www.seafoodsource.com.
  23. Web site: Acme Smoked Fish Acquires Stake in Norlax A/S . 2022-07-12 . SeafoodNews.
  24. Web site: US smoker Acme invests in Denmark's Norlax . 2022-07-12 . Undercurrent News . en-US.
  25. Web site: Spotlight: Adam Caslow Carries on 'A Lox' of History at Acme Smoked Fish . 2022-07-12 . 6sqft . June 3, 2016 . en-US.
  26. Web site: February 3, 2022 . Lox, Stock, and Barrel: Hotelie Runs Fourth-Generation Food Firm . 2022-07-12 . Cornellians Cornell University . en-US.
  27. Web site: February 9, 2018 . This Giant 213-pound bagel & lox may have just set a new world record . 2022-07-12 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.

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