Solidifies Relationship with North America’s Leading Hospitality Procurement Services Provider
Miami, FL, Sept. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blue Star Foods Corp., (“Blue Star,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) (NASDAQ: BSFC), an integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) sustainable seafood company with a focus on Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems (RAS), is pleased to announce that it recently signed a multi-year extension to its multi-year supply contract with privately-held Avendra. The Bid Award Purchase Agreement is effective starting August 2022, and is for purchase and distribution of the Company’s Blue Star crab meat branded products.
Rockville, Maryland-based Avendra is North America’s leading hospitality procurement services provider, working with over 8,500 customers. Through Avendra, Blue Star products get placed into brand-name hotels and resorts, convention centers, country clubs and airports throughout the United States, its corporate website is: www.avendra.com
John Keeler, CEO of Blue Star Foods, commented, “We’ve been working with Avendra for close to 16 years, and pleased that they have extended their contract with us. This multi-year renewal continues to be part of the Company’s climb back to pre-pandemic levels of revenue in the platform sustainable crab-meat business.”
About Blue Star Foods Corp. (NASDAQ: BSFC)
Blue Star Foods Corp. an integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) sustainable seafood company with a focus on Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems (RAS) that processes, packages and sells high-value seafood products. The Company believes it utilizes best-in-class technology, in both resource sustainability management and traceability, and ecological packaging. The Company also owns and operates the oldest continuously operating Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) full grow-out salmon farm in North America. The company is based in Miami, Florida, and its corporate website is: https://bluestarfoods.com
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