Greater Grimsby is the perfect place for food companies.

If you are looking for the optimum location for:

  • processing and manufacturing
  • research and development
  • packaging and labelling
  • cold storage facilities
  • national and international distribution

Greater Grimsby is the natural choice. Here’s why…

Why Locate Here?

  • Up Food-Related Companies

    Greater Grimsby is home to around 500 food-related companies making it one of the largest concentrations of food manufacturing, research, storage and distribution in Europe. That’s why it has been known for more than 15 years as “Europe's Food Town”. [+] read more

  • Skilled Workforce

    A workforce of 90,000 within a 15-minute catchment, and access to the future skills that are being demanded by the food industry. [+] read more

  • Food Research

    State-of-the-art research and development facilities encourage collaborations between companies, government institutes and academia. [+] read more

  • Sites and Property

    Some of the UK’s most cost-effective industrial development sites, food-friendly business parks and a range of offices and manufacturing units. [+] read more

  • Food Logistics

    The UK’s busiest port complex, the largest cold storage facilities in Europe and uncongested motorway connections putting 40 million consumers within a 4 hour drive. [+] read more

  • Business Support

    Whether you’re based in the UK or overseas, North East Lincolnshire Council has a team of specialists waiting to help your next food project. [+] read more

Newsfeed

  • Grimsby gains from Iceland's woes

    As a result it is sending fresh fish to market Grimsby for the first time in more than a decade. There's lots of interest in the fish and good prices

  • Grimsby nets a 'pizza' the action

    Grimsby now imports 70% of its fish from elsewhere in the country to be sold at the towns' new fish market. The traditional skills of fish preparation have also helped the economic recovery

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80% of UK’s seafood processors located here