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In 1957, fisherman Tom Savidge and his wife Marie built a backyard smokehouse and began selling smoked wild salmon to local taverns in his home of Anacortes, Washington. With that Specialty Seafoods was born (later renamed SeaBear
after Native American legend). The tavern owners and their patrons loved Tom's smoked salmon, but asked him to find a way to preserve it longer. Being an inventive guy, Tom took their challenge and created a whole new idea in packaging: the Gold
Seal pouch, for which he received a patent. The Gold Seal pouch preserves the salmon naturally, and no refrigeration is required until the pouch is opened. This breakthrough in packaging, since it requires no refrigeration, made it easy for tourists traveling through Anacortes on the way to
Washington's San Juan Islands to take Tom's salmon back home with them, or to ship it to family and friends in different parts of the country. From this, word spread about their smoked wild salmon.
Today at SeaBear
, they ship their wild salmon products to customers in all 50 states. They remain dedicated to the same principles upon which Tom and Marie Savidge founded their company decades ago: making great food people love; taking an inventive approach
to all that they do; and always listening to their customers and creating SeaBear New Items . |
