Why Is Your Wholesale Minimum Order Quantity Only 1 Case ?

At the Alaska Seafood Company, we wholesale products to customers of all types and sizes. Some of our customers are large distributors, and Big Box Retailers. Others are Gift Shops and Super Markets ranging from large to small. In order to best serve even the smaller stores, we only require a 1 case minimum order quantity. While this is much lower then most wholesalers, we believe it is the best way to encourage growth in the Alaska Tourism Industry. In fact, we believe this is not only good for tourism, but good for the local communities as well.

We understand the challenges in starting a new business. And we do not believe stocking your shelves should be one of them. This is why we only require a 1 case minimum order quantity on our wholesale items. We also offer custom processing with a low minimum order quantity. For cans and jars this quantity is only 10 cases each. For Pouches and Gift Boxes that number is 50 each. While not quite 1 case, it is still much lower then other processors.

We believe every business should be given the opportunity to succeed. And when you succeed, we succeed. Not forcing our smaller customers to purchase in bulk is one way to help with this. We believe the same is true with only requiring low custom order minimums. By helping you find what works, we help you to grow, and that helps us.

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Alaska Seafood Wholesale Products – Cans and Jars

About our Alaska Seafood Wholesale Products

[ Cans ]

We offer a number of canned products. In fact we wholesale seven types of cans that we produce under our label. Smoked Sockeye, King, Silver, Halibut, and Pacific Keta Salmon are available as smoked cans.  Sockeye is also available in an un-smoked can. We also produce a smoked salmon pate.

In addition to the seven cans we sell with our label, we also produce private label cans. In fact we produce each of the five species mentioned, as either a smoked or un-smoked product. Additionally, we can add either jalapeno or cajun flavoring to these cans. This allows for twenty can types with the private label option and seven with our label. Additional options may be considered on a case by case basis.

[ Jars ]

We offer three types of jars under our label. Smoked Sockeye, King,  Jalapeno Silver are available as smoked jars. Additionally, we can offer these three jars as well as a smoked Pacific (Keta) as private label jars. We can also add jalapeno or cajun flavoring to any of these jars. This allows for 12 types of private label jars and 3 with our label. As with the cans, we may consider other requests.

Alaska Seafood Wholesale Products – Gift Boxes And Pouches

[ Gift Boxes ]

We currently offer two species of smoked salmon in our gift boxes, Sockeye and Pacific (Keta). These gift boxes come in 3 sizes, 4oz, 6oz, and 16oz. In addition to these three sizes we can make a fourth size (8 oz) under our label upon request. We also offer two combination gift boxes, with two species in one box. These are the 8 oz Halibut Pacific Salmon combo and the 8 oz Chipotle cod and Pacific Salmon combo. Additionally, we offer two more gift boxes under our label. The first is the Tri-Taster, which contains three different flavors of 4 oz Pacific Salmon. A Smoked, a Smoked Maple, and a Smoked Garlic Pepper all in one box. The Second is our Salmon Sampler, which contains a 4oz Smoked King, Sockeye, Silver, and Pacific Keta Salmon. This means you have the choice of 12 different gift boxes under our label.

We can also make any combination of Smoked King, Sockeye, Silver, Pacific, or Halibut as a private label option. These gift boxes can come in any of the following sizes, 2, 4, 6, 8, 16, or 20 oz. In addition, we can add Cajun, Jalapeno, Maple, or Garlic Pepper as flavor profiles as well. This gives you a total of 120 different options to choose from under the private label option.

[ Pouches ]

For our pouches we currently offer a 4 oz smoked sockeye in a foil pouch. This pouch comes with a pre-printed design, making it retail ready. We also offer a Smoked Salmon Dip and a Smoked Mango Chipotle Salmon Dip. Both of these salmon dips are also in a pre-printed foil pouch and are sold under our label. In addition to this we offer any combination of a Smoked King, Sockeye, Silver or Pacific Keta Salmon in a 4, 8, or 16 oz pouch with your private label or sleeve on it. For these items we can add Garlic Pepper, Maple, Cajun, or Jalapeno flavoring. This provides a total 48 private label options. As with the rest of our private label options, we may consider other requests.

Alaska Seafood Wholesale Products – Misc.

[  Jerky  ]

We also offer 3 types of Salmon jerky under our label, Smoked, Smoked Peppered,and Smoked Mango Chipotle Jerky. All three of these options are available in a clear poly bag with your label on it.

[ Pet Treats  ]

Additionally, we offer a salmon pet treat, which is also available in a clear poly bag with your label on it.

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Seafood Product Expiration Dates – Cans

Looking for our seafood products expiration dates? Our products not expire, but have a best by date. In order to determine this date, you need to find the product date code. In this FAQ, we will show you where to find that date. Moreover, we will discuss the shelf life of each product which will need to be added to the date code. For starters, our cans have a shelf-life. After that, they may start to lose nutritional value. However, they are still safe to eat. In order to find the date of production, look at the top of the can. Looking at the top of the can in the image below, we see a top and bottom row of letters and numbers.

The two sets of numbers are “69 AS” and “3319”, but we only want the bottom four numbers ( “3319” ). Additionally, it is worth noting that this will be the case for all of our can products. So now that we have located the date code, how do we read it? First we need to look at the first three numbers ( “331” ). These numbers represent the day of the year the product was made, in this case the product was made on the 331st day of the year.

After which, we look at the last number ( “9” ), this represents the last digit of the year. When we put these two together, we can identify the production date of this can as the 331st day of 2019. If the customer is not sure if the can is over 10 years old, they can contact us and we will be able to tell them based on the label design. This is because we modify the label slightly once every 10 years.

Expiration Dates –  Jars

Our jars also have a 5 year shelf-life, which we determine from the date of production. However, we find the date code of the jars on the bottom of the jar. For instance, in the picture of the caviar below, the date code is  “0900-1”. In this case, the date code is 5 digits long, some of our products are like this. However, it does not change how we read the date code, the 5th number just tells us which batch of the day it was made in. Consequently, from the date code 0900-1, we can tell this caviar was made on the 90th day of 2020 in the first batch.

This process is similar with our Gift Boxes and Pouches. In fact, we use the same date code process for all of our products. As a result we have a fairly standard process to make identifying a products date code easy. For this reason, we will primarily focus on where to find the date code in the remaining examples. Additionally, we will continue to give an visual example for each product type. Also, we will provide the date for at least one example in each set of pictures.

Seafood Product Expiration Dates –  Gift Boxes and Pouches

Next we will cover gift-boxes and pouches which have a 7-year shelf-life. As we can see in the image on the bottom left, this gift-box has a date code of “2899 1”.  Because the date code is read the same way as the previously given examples, we know it was produced on the 289th day of 2019 in the first batch of the day.

We will also read the other two examples in a similar fashion. Although we will notice the date code on the gold pouch in the center photo (below) is longer, and looks similar to the can code you saw earlier. Similarly, we only want to look at the last 5 numbers on this product, “12503”. From that we can tell this product was made on the 125th day of 2020 in the third batch of the day. Additionally, it is worth noting that this gold pouch product is what is found in each gift box.

Expiration Dates –  Jerky and Pet Treats

Finally we will cover our jerky and pet treats. In addition to there being no change to how we read the date code, locating it is relatively easy.  In order to locate the date code on these two products simply flip the package over and look for the rectangular sticker with the code on it. For instance, we can see the example of the pet-treats below has a code of “19101”. In this example we find the pet treats were made on the 191st day of 2020 in the first batch of the day.

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Do We Wholesale Frozen Fresh Fish?

No. Alaska Seafood Company was primarily founded to take advantage of a new technology called the “retort process”. This technology was developed for the military as a means of making food items shelf-stable, light weight, and durable. Since then, Alaska Seafood has grown its shelf-stable business model and expanded its shelf-stable product listings. Many of our customers derive their business from the Alaskan tourist industry where shelf-stable products are a major convenience for their customers. While we do produce Frozen Fresh, Hot Smoked, and Cold Smoked Products, they are available only at retail price.

Why Not Wholesale Frozen Fresh Fish and Shelf-Stable Products?

All of our Frozen Fresh products are processed as they come in the door. We do not freeze our Frozen Fresh Stock and then thaw it for processing later. As a result, we only carry finished Frozen Fresh products in our inventory. Additionally, we maintain a very competitive pricing for both our retail and wholesale products. What this means is that there is no mark down margin available after we process the Frozen Fresh Fish into a finished product.

Can I Purchase Bulk Frozen Fresh Fish at Retail ?

Yes. We occasionally have wholesale customers purchase our Frozen Fresh Fish at retail pricing. We do of course always recommend shopping around first however. While our retail pricing is very competitive and does leave some room for mark up, it will be cheaper to purchase unprocessed fish at wholesale pricing and process it yourself.

What product do you wholesale?

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Do We Wholesale Crab or Shellfish?

We do not wholesale or retail either crab or shellfish. However we do custom processing for some of these items for our customers. If you have an interest in our custom processing, please contact us by phone or email using our contact us page. We typically preform any custom processing that requires R&D between October and December.

Why We Do Not Wholesale These Products

The Alaska Seafood Company was founded to take advantage of a new technology called the “retort process”. This technology  serves the purpose of making food items shelf-stable, light-weight, and durable. We are still growing in our shelf-stable business model and product listings today. In part, because many of our customers receive their business from the tourist industry. This is an industry where shelf-stable products are a major convenience for the end-customers.

What Products Do We Wholesale?

At Alaska Seafood we produce a number of items including cans, gift boxes, shelf-stable pouches, jars, pet treats, and jerky. Please visit our product catalog to see a full list of our wholesale products. In addition to the 32 different products we carry, we also produce a large number of custom products for our customers. Finally, we offer drop-ship and private label services to our customers as well. If you have an interest in using either of these services, please contact us by phone or email using our contact us page. We are always happy to assist by providing one or both of these services to you. Thank you for your time. We hope you found this answer helpful.

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