Who We Are

Founded by Tom Cassidy as the American Seafood Company in 1979, Cassidy Fine Foods is a Memphis-based distributor of seafood, meats, and specialty food items. A family owned and run company, Cassidy’s long history of providing the highest quality food products for its clients rests on its founder’s personal dedication. As a scuba diving instructor, Cassidy had spent time in the coastal regions appreciating the luxury of fresh seafood. He decided to start the American Seafood Company so residents of the area around his inland hometown of Memphis could enjoy fresh seafood too. With the contacts he had made with seafood companies through his scuba travels, Cassidy began working with area restaurants to get fresh seafood on their menus, and the rest is history.

Eventually, American Seafood Company merged with several other Memphis area specialty food suppliers to form a fine food marketing group, and Cassidy Fine Foods was born. Today, various thriving specialty food companies operate under the Cassidy Fine Foods umbrella, each offering a set of high-quality products to enhance the total operation. Cassidy employs nearly 100 workers, does business in seven states, and boasts a product line of more than 1,100 specialty food items including choice meats, rare gourmet items, seafood, and much more.

A Multi-Faceted Food Operation

Cassidy Fine Foods offers a vast selection of specialty food products as well as everyday restaurant supplies, but that’s not all we do. Cassidy is more than your average food and restaurant product distributor. Our company is an ever-expanding, multi-faceted food operation. Our modern, 28,000 square foot, climate controlled facility in Memphis, includes a seafood processing shop, a scratch bakery, and a state of the art commercial kitchen, so we can prepare our orders to perfection and keep our customers happy. We serve restaurants, hotels, resorts, and virtually any company that provides fine food for its patrons. In addition to all the Mid-south’s fine dining establishments, our customer base also includes grocery chains such as Seessel’s and Kroger. From seafood to meats, pasta, to pastries, Cassidy has the specialty foods you need to please your patrons.

Product Selection

If it’s out there, we’ll get it for you. That’s the proactive approach that continues to develop Cassidy’s extensive product selection. We respond to our customer’s requests, building a range of available products to suit the needs of virtually any food-service establishment. With American Seafood Company at the center of the operation, we offer whole fish from all over the world. We also offer beef, veal, pork, and wild game. Need wild boar tenderloin? Sea snails? No problem- we’ll make sure you get the items you need, no matter how rare they are. And we maintain a full line of products to compliment your culinary creations including: cheeses, gourmet olive oils, bases, sauces, and spice boils. Delicious desserts and pastries abound in our bakery department. We can even provide decorative ice sculptures for your special events.

We maintain an entire purchasing department that scours the world for seasonal specialty items so our customers can have fresh, seasonal items on their menus. Our in-house custom computer system produces an up-to-the minute product selection list, so the customer knows what’s in stock. The system also carries an individual file on each customer with a detailed purchase and payment history.

Customer Service & Menu Planning

We know that purchasing food products for your patrons can be a taxing endeavor. Our six-person “customer focus group” is here to help you through the process. The focus group is made up of experienced, well-trained individuals who listen to customer concerns, iron out problems, and see to it that all of the customer’s needs are met. They also work closely with the customer to aid in menu planning. Our service professionals are always available to help you select items that are seasonally appropriate and budget conscious.

Competitive Pricing

The fine foods industry is a nationwide network, and we know that retailers are always looking for ways to cut costs and increase profits. That’s why we travel all over the country, gathering market information so we can offer our customers the lowest prices possible.

Quality Guaranteed

Quality is paramount in the food industry. At Cassidy Fine Foods, we maintain an entire quality-control department so that our customers receive only the highest quality foods. Each order is inspected at the management level before it goes out to ensure customer satisfaction. That’s why we guarantee the quality and shelf-life of every single item.

Official Health Inspection

Cassidy employs a daily USDC inspector to make sure our operation exceeds sanitation standards. We are also regularly inspected and certified by the USDC, FDA and the Memphis and Shelby County Health Department. We scrub down three times daily to ensure impeccable sanitation.

Recent Company Awards

We have received many industry awards in the past several years. Some of which are:

The Cassidy Fine Foods Advantage

Cassidy Fine Foods is determined to deliver the highest quality and best value to our customers. When you select Cassidy Fine Foods, you empower your business with the Cassidy Fine Foods advantage:

• 22-year-old company
• competitive pricing
• guaranteed quality
• 1,100-item selection
• rare and hard-to-find items
• 28,000 square-foot, temperature controlled plant with complete commercial kitchen
• #1 supplier for regional restaurants, resorts, and grocery chains
• complete customer focus group
• complete purchasing department
• USDC, FDA and Health Department inspection
• HACCP Certified

Contact us and give your business the Cassidy Fine Foods advantage today!

Cassidy Fine Foods
3657 Old Getwell
Memphis, TN 38118
Telephone: 901-542-5100
Toll Free: 800-747-9771
Fax: 901-542-5150
Email: neil@cassidyfinefoods.com