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Acme Smoked Fish Corp. is the largest producer of smoked salmon in the United States, and also manufactures and distributes pickled herring and other smoked and cured seafood products. Acme Smoked Fish has U.S.-based facilities located in New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Florida, as well as international locations in Chile and Denmark. Acme Smoked Fish Corporation is a privately-held, family-owned company, that has been headquartered in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn since 1954.[1][2]

History

Harry Brownstein founded what would eventually become Acme Smoked Fish in 1906, shortly after emigrating from Russia.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] In 1954, Acme Smoked Fish is officially incorporated and begins manufacturing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the company's current international headquarters.[6]

In 1966, Acme's Brooklyn facility had to be rebuilt after a major fire destroyed the plant.[7] Soon after the reconstruction of the facility the company began its pickled herring division. In 1969, Acme Smoked Fish founder Harry Brownstein passed away,[8] leaving the company to his sons Joseph and Morton Brownstein and son-in-law Rubin Caslow.[9] In 1975, to accommodate growth and increasing production requirements, Acme purchased the building next door to their Brooklyn facility, now occupying a full New York City block.[10]

In 1970 and 1972, respectively, Robert and Eric Caslow joined Acme Smoked Fish as the company's third generation of owner operators.[11] In 1978 Acme Smoked Fish introduced its first commercial line of consumer packaged good smoked salmon and lox products.[12]

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 was begun as a regional distribution center in 2005.[13] In 2015, Acme opened the largest smoked salmon facility in the United States in Wilmington, North Carolina.[14][15] Also in 2015, the company opened Acme Chile in Puerto Montt, Chile, making Acme Smoked Fish Corporation multinational for the first time in the company's history.[16][17]

In 2019, Acme Smoked Fish acquired another company with the purchase of Spence & Co. Ltd. of Brockton, Massachusetts.[18][19][20] 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.[21][22][23] Currently, Acme Smoked Fish is managed by its fourth generation of owner operators, Adam Caslow, David Caslow, and Emily Caslow.[24][25]

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.[26] The attempt was featured on Inside Edition, but was never certified as a world record by the Guinness World Records.[27]

References

  1. ^ Fortney, Luke (2021-05-28). "Legendary Acme Smoked Fish Will Expand and Stay in Brooklyn". Eater NY. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  2. ^ Marx, Rebecca Flint (2012-12-07). "A Factory Where Lox Is the Lure". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  3. ^ GERGELY, julia. "47-year veteran of Brooklyn's Acme Smoked Fish celebrates his final 'Fish Friday'". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  4. ^ "A 47-year veteran of Brooklyn's Acme Smoked Fish says farewell on his final 'Fish Friday'". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  5. ^ Fox, Margalit (2007-04-12). "Rubin Caslow, 86, Leader of a Smoked-Fish Dynasty, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  6. ^ "Acme Smoked Fish's humble beginnings and Fish Fridays". Red Hook Star-Revue. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  7. ^ Gurkov, Chaya (2020-12-09). "ACME Fish Company Has Lox to Say About Expanding". politicsny.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  8. ^ "Harry Brownstein". AncientFaces. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  9. ^ msherwin (2022-05-20). "A 47-year veteran of Acme Smoked Fish says farewell on his final 'Fish Friday'". St. Louis Jewish Light. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  10. ^ "Acme Smoked Fish's Special Fish Friday This Week Honors Gary Brownstein's Retirement". Greenpointers. 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  11. ^ "Acme Smoked Fish Co-Chairman Eric Caslow dies | SeafoodSource". www.seafoodsource.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  12. ^ "Factory Tour: Acme Smoked Fish Corporation | News". www.specialtyfood.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  13. ^ "Smoked Fish Purveyor Nets Pompano Beach Industrial Building". The Real Deal South Florida. 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  14. ^ "Acme opens largest smoked salmon facility in US | 2015-03-19 | Food Engineering". www.foodengineeringmag.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  15. ^ "Company plans to bring $400M investment, 1,000 jobs to area". WilmingtonBiz. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  16. ^ "Acme opens largest U.S. smoked salmon facility, expands into Chile | SeafoodSource". www.seafoodsource.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  17. ^ "Acme Smoked Fish". FishChoice. 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  18. ^ Evans, Owen (2019-10-24). "New York's Acme Smoked Fish aqcuires Scottish salmon smoker". SalmonBusiness. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  19. ^ Dumlao, Doris C. (2011-08-12). "Alliance closes deal with Spence & Co". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  20. ^ Corporation, Acme Smoked Fish (2019-10-24). "Spence & Co. Ltd. Joins Acme Smoked Fish Corp". Perishable News. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  21. ^ "Acme Smoked Fish acquires majority stake in Norlax A/S | SeafoodSource". www.seafoodsource.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  22. ^ "Acme Smoked Fish Acquires Stake in Norlax A/S". SeafoodNews. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  23. ^ "US smoker Acme invests in Denmark's Norlax". Undercurrent News. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  24. ^ "Spotlight: Adam Caslow Carries on 'A Lox' of History at Acme Smoked Fish". 6sqft. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  25. ^ "Lox, Stock, and Barrel: Hotelie Runs Fourth-Generation Food Firm". Cornellians | Cornell University. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  26. ^ Facebook; Twitter; options, Show more sharing; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Email; URLCopied!, Copy Link; Print (2018-02-09). "This Giant 213-pound bagel & lox may have just set a new world record". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-07-12. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  27. ^ Tremble Before the World's Largest Lox and Bagel Sandwich, 2018-02-12, retrieved 2022-07-12
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