About Fortune Fish & Gourmet

Fortune Fish & Gourmet's Bensenville headquarters operates in a state of the art, 110,000 square foot facility that includes six separate temperature controlled areas including a finfish storage cooler, shellfish cooler, meat cooler, poultry cooler, dairy room, chocolate room, refrigerated fillet room, freezer, dry storage and loading area.  We house a 3,000 gallon live lobster tank and a band saw for custom frozen product processing.  Fortune Fish & Gourmet operates under the FDA and State Hazardous Analysis and Critical Control Point guidelines.

 

Our Minneapolis location is 60,000 square ft including a 15,000 square ft cheese warehouse with a custom cut cheese room. Minneapolis is home to our retail store and cafe, Coastal Seafoods.

 

We have two Gulf States facilities, one located in Theodore, Alabama in the heart of domestic shrimp production, with over 50 years of experience Fortune Alabama has evolved into an international powerhouse of seafood sourcing. Our other facility is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has been serving world renowned restaurants in the surrounding area for over 30 years. 

 

We have two distribution centers in Missouri. One in Kansas City and one in St. Louis. Kansas City's facility is SQF certified and 30,000 square ft. St. Louis' facility is 17,000 square ft. 

 

Fortune International's Neesvig's fulfillment center in  DeForest, Wisconsin, has over three decades of experience.  They have developed an extensive history as experts and leaders in the frozen food fulfillment industry.  There are three different facitilites and over 70,000 square feet of climate-controlled shipping and storage space, giving us the space and capacity to handle just about any project.  In addition to the abundant space, other key capabilities include:

Our facility in Houston, Texas is situated with prime access to air shipments and the port of Houston, with it's central location and expansive, 72,000 square foot facility, Fortune Texas serves its extensive regional customer base and is the hub for West Coast customer fulfillment. 

 

Fortune East services the entire coast starting in Maine and reaching down through Florida with locations in Union, New Jersey, home of D'Artagnan, North Carolina, and Georgia. They are supported by multiple crossdocks to ensure that the significant presense we have in all major east coast cities are well provided for.

 

Boston Sword & Tuna's 50,000 square foot, ocean-adjacent facility in Boston, Massachusetts rounds out coverage of the east coast, with many fish being unloaded straight from the boat to the state-of-the-art cutting room. Live lobsters swim in a 50,000-gallon ocean water tank and are picked to order to ensure the best and freshest product gets to our customers.

 

 

All the food products distributed by Fortune Fish & Gourmet are produced in adherence to the Code of Federal Regulations referred to as the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations established by the Food and Drug Administration.  Fortune Fish & Gourmet has developed and adheres to several rigorous HACCP plans to assure customer safety and to exceed U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations. In addition to our HAACP Plan, Fortune follows Good Manufacturing Practices and has written and executes Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures.  Although not required, we believe these procedures are crucial to employ an effective HACCP plan.

 

 

Fortune Fish & Gourmet is audited annually by multiple independent agencies to assess our compliance with local, state and federal safety and sanitation requirements.  These independent organizations often audit on behalf of our customers to make sure that their requirements, which often go beyond government standards, are satisfied.