What We Do
Tampa Maid Foods is in the business of sourcing, processing and marketing quality value-added shellfish and specialty seafood as well as commodity raw and cooked shrimp from around the world to the foodservice and retail markets. Tampa Maid's primary expertise is in coated products. We have world-class product development, as well as processing capabilities to coat seafood products utilizing the full spectrum of available coating formulas from bread crumbs and cracker meals to flours and batters for both "to be fried" as well as "oven-ready" product applications.
Our U.S. based, state-of-the-art facility is dedicated to processing, product development and storage. Tampa Maid's plant is under the continuous voluntary inspection of the United States Department of Commerce (U.S.D.C.) and we subscribe to several inspection services such as the A.I.B. (American Institute of Baking) and B.R.C. (British Retail Consortium) which help insure our adherence to high standards of good manufacturing practices, sanitation and overall food safety.
Tampa Maid also sources both commodity and value-added seafood products from our supplier partners world-wide. We require our suppliers to meet the same stringent standards for food quality and product safety that we have set for our own manufacturing facilities. In addition to our specifications, standards and inspections, these supplier facilities must also meet the requirements of recognized third party food-safety audits.
The health of our oceans is of great importance to Tampa Maid. Ocean Trust is recognized as a premier organization for understanding, maintaining and restoring the world's fisheries. As a strong supporter of Ocean Trust, we are working to better understand the status of our source fisheries and ways to insure the protection and sustainability of the ocean-caught and aquaculture seafood we process and market to the industry. Sustainability of our food supply requires the preservation of natural resources of wild caught species, and ensuring that aquaculture can indefinitely continue production without harm to the environment and its ecosystems. Tampa Maid has partnered with suppliers and organizations with these same concerns and goals in mind.
Marketed under the Tampa Maid, Cox's and Cap'n Joe brand as well as various other corporate and private brands, millions of pounds of Tampa Maid seafood products such as shrimp, calamari, scallops, oysters, crab and specialty seafoods are sold by our direct sales force working in tandem with a network of broker partners in both retail and foodservice markets internationally.
Tampa Maid is a subsidiary of WAI (Watkins Associated Industries). WAI is a highly successful business comprised of trucking, food processing and real estate development. This privately held corporation is in its third generation of Watkins family management. Our family-management creates a special culture throughout the organization and instills a sense of pride in our employees that shows through in the products and services we provide for our customers.
