Morrisons opens UK’s largest fish freezing centre at Falfish site in Cornwall
Morrisons food manufacturing supplier Myton Food Group has opened the largest fish freezing site in the UK at the Cornish fishing business Falfish.
The £12.8 million Falfish Freezing Centre features a freezing tunnel that can freeze 112,000 fish per hour and up to 180 tonnes of sardines and other varieties of fish per day.
It also has an innovative hot gas defrost system and green refrigerant with zero global warming potential which Morrisons said will help it to achieve its target of net zero operational emissions by 2035.
Plans for the site began in 2021 when Morrisons acquired its longterm supplier Falfish.
The opening of the new site represents the largest single investment made in Cornish shoresides in a generation with DEFRA providing £3.8 million of the funding through its UK Seafood Infrastructure Fund.
Morrisons prepares and makes more than half of all the fresh food sold in its stores. Myton Food Group is the supermarket’s wholesale manufacturing arm.
Andrew Thornber, managing director of Myton Food Group, said: “Over 80% of the fish and shellfish sold in Morrisons stores comes from our seafood operations in Cornwall, where we buy directly from local fishermen.
“Opening the UK’s largest fish freezing centre not only strengthens our position as one of Britain’s biggest foodmakers but also significantly grows our seafood export business.
“We have been excited about this innovative project since acquiring Falfish in 2021, which makes such a positive difference to the local industry and community and provides a sustainable future – as well as the freshest fish for customers in Morrisons stores.”
