Mericq Groupe: The latest figures, news and market research on Mericq Groupe

Turnover: 412 million EUR (2023)

Country: France

French leader in seafood products
900 employees
2016 Acquisition of the Beganton group in Brittany (trap fishing), Normandy-based Kermarée (shellfish)
2022 Acquisition of Irish company Breizon (lobster)
Creation of a digital platform to develop sales

Seafood: Mericq joins forces with Maison Blanc to open up the Paris market 24/04/2024

Mericq, a heavyweight in seafood distribution, with sales of 412 million in 2023
The group, based in Agen (Lot-et-Garonne), acquires a majority stake in Maison Blanc, with sales of 38 million in 2023, a specialist in the distribution of shellfish and fish at Rungis
The Mericq family holds 91.5% of the capital.
Since 2019, Maison Blanc has been in the hands of the Gillardeau family, oyster producers and suppliers to Mericq for three decades.
Maison Blanc distributes Gillardeau oysters as well as those of some fifteen other oyster producers, with sales of 38 million euros.
Mericq employs 1,000 people and has 30 sites in France, as well as 2 in Ireland and Spain.
French seafood market estimated at 8 billion euros, at least 60% of which is sold through supermarkets.
Maison Blanc focuses on foodservice and fishmongers, while Mericq will expand into the mass retail sector

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 every 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 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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