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Acme Smoked Fish Corp.
IndustrySmoked fish
HeadquartersBrooklyn, New York, U.S.
ProductsSmoked salmon, smoked fish, pickled herring
Websitehttps://www.acmesmokedfish.com/

Acme Smoked Fish Corp. is the largest producer of smoked salmon in North America[1], and is also a manufacturer and seller of 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.[2][3]

History

Harry Brownstein founded what would eventually become Acme Smoked Fish in 1906, shortly after emigrating from Russia.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] In 1954, Acme Smoked Fish is officially incorporated and begins manufacturing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the company's current international headquarters.[7]

In 1966, Acme's Brooklyn facility had to be rebuilt after a major fire destroyed the plant.[8] Soon after the reconstruction of the facility the company began its pickled herring division. In 1969, Acme Smoked Fish founder Harry Brownstein passed away,[9] leaving the company to his sons Joseph and Morton Brownstein and son-in-law Rubin Caslow.[10] 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.[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 was begun 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 Corporation multinational for the first time in the company's history.[17][18]

In 2019, Acme Smoked Fish acquired another company with the purchase of 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]

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.[28]

References

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  2. ^ Fortney, Luke (2021-05-28). "Legendary Acme Smoked Fish Will Expand and Stay in Brooklyn". Eater NY. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  3. ^ Marx, Rebecca Flint (2012-12-07). "A Factory Where Lox Is the Lure". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  4. ^ GERGELY, julia. "47-year veteran of Brooklyn's Acme Smoked Fish celebrates his final 'Fish Friday'". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ 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.
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  8. ^ Gurkov, Chaya (2020-12-09). "ACME Fish Company Has Lox to Say About Expanding". politicsny.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
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  10. ^ 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.
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  12. ^ "Acme Smoked Fish Co-Chairman Eric Caslow dies | SeafoodSource". www.seafoodsource.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
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  14. ^ "Smoked Fish Purveyor Nets Pompano Beach Industrial Building". The Real Deal South Florida. 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  15. ^ "Acme opens largest smoked salmon facility in US | 2015-03-19 | Food Engineering". www.foodengineeringmag.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  16. ^ "Company plans to bring $400M investment, 1,000 jobs to area". WilmingtonBiz. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
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  19. ^ Evans, Owen (2019-10-24). "New York's Acme Smoked Fish aqcuires Scottish salmon smoker". SalmonBusiness. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  20. ^ Dumlao, Doris C. (2011-08-12). "Alliance closes deal with Spence & Co". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  21. ^ Corporation, Acme Smoked Fish (2019-10-24). "Spence & Co. Ltd. Joins Acme Smoked Fish Corp". Perishable News. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  22. ^ "Acme Smoked Fish acquires majority stake in Norlax A/S | SeafoodSource". www.seafoodsource.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  23. ^ "Acme Smoked Fish Acquires Stake in Norlax A/S". SeafoodNews. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  24. ^ "US smoker Acme invests in Denmark's Norlax". Undercurrent News. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  25. ^ "Spotlight: Adam Caslow Carries on 'A Lox' of History at Acme Smoked Fish". 6sqft. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  26. ^ "Lox, Stock, and Barrel: Hotelie Runs Fourth-Generation Food Firm". Cornellians | Cornell University. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  27. ^ 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)
  28. ^ Tremble Before the World's Largest Lox and Bagel Sandwich, 2018-02-12, retrieved 2022-07-12
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