Northeast Seafood

This idea started when owner Blair Joyce worked for a seafood company near Boston Harbor while home for summer from Denver University. His summer employer soon became his only supplier when Blair graduated from DU. Blair found an ambitious graduate from Colorado University that believed in his idea, Paul Packer. The two started selling seafood from... a mobile refrigerator unit in the back of a Ford Pickup. They sold fresh clams, scallops, oysters, and small amounts of fish to a handful of restaurants. Within nine months they outgrew their vehicle and needed more space. In 1981 they opened Northeast Seafood Market in the Table Mesa Shopping Center of Boulder, Colorado. They soon hired their first employee, who still works for the company! Sandy Black.Read More