Seafood distributors in Atlanta

Inland Foods

Regional distributorTuckerEst. 1977

Founded in Atlanta on 2 March 1977, when Joel Knox collected a shipment of Oregon salmon, Dover sole and rockfish from the Eastern Airlines freight terminal at what was then William B. Hartsfield Atlanta Airport and drove it to a restaurant in East Point. The company says it is now the largest seafood and specialty foods distributor in the Southeast, is 100 percent employee-owned, and runs distribution centers across the region from its Tucker headquarters. Alongside fin fish and shellfish it carries antibiotic and hormone free meats, game, poultry, cheeses, olives and oils. It rebranded from Inland Seafood to Inland Foods and sold its Houston and New Orleans divisions to Fortune Fish and Gourmet in June 2026 to concentrate on the Southeast.

• Founded in Atlanta on 2 March 1977, off an airport freight dock
• 100 percent employee-owned, its own claim
• Says it is the largest seafood distributor in the Southeast
• Sold its Houston and New Orleans divisions in June 2026

Serves: Chefs, Restaurants, Retailers, Hospitality professionals

Address

1651 Montreal Circle, Tucker, GA, 30084

Phone

(800) 883-3474

Delivers

The Southeastern United States, with nationwide shipping through freight and parcel partners

Halperns' Steak and Seafood, Atlanta

National broadlineSouth FultonEst. 1983

The Atlanta plant of the protein supplier Howard Halpern started after arriving in the city in 1966 to build a perishable food distribution business. The distribution company itself dates from 1983, when the family began with five butchers, and it now runs production and distribution sites across seven states. It hand-cuts in house for restaurants and commercial kitchens, and names Bluepoint oysters and Atlantic-caught salmon alongside dry-aged steak. It publishes a corporate office in Smyrna separately from this plant, and is part of Gordon Food Service's family of specialty companies.

• The Halpern family arrived in Atlanta in 1966
• Distribution company founded 1983 with five butchers
• Hand-cut protein for restaurants and commercial kitchens
• Corporate office published separately, at Smyrna

Serves: Restaurants, Commercial kitchens

Address

4685 Welcome All Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30349

Phone

(404) 767-9229

Delivers

The East Coast and the Midwest, from nine plants

Farmers & Fishermen Purveyors

Local specialistNorcrossEst. 2019

Opened on 1 July 2019 by Kirk Halpern and his son Ben, and its own history page says it was built on decades of Halpern family expertise in foodservice distribution. It sources from small family farmers, independent fishermen and artisan producers, running fresh seafood both Fresh-Direct from around the world and Direct from the Docks, alongside hand-cut Angus beef from a named network of Northeast Iowa family farms. It launched home delivery during the pandemic and says it furloughed nobody, and it has been named a Top Workplace by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It publishes no phone number.

• Founded 1 July 2019 by a father and son
• Built on decades of Halpern family expertise, in its own words
• Fresh-Direct and Direct from the Docks seafood programs
• Named a Top Workplace by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Serves: Restaurants, Hotels and resorts, Country clubs, Caterers, Private chefs, Home cooks

Address

6315 McDonough Dr NW, Norcross, GA, 30093

NEMA Seafood Group

Local specialistTucker

New England Marine Atlanta trades as NEMA Seafood, a fresh fish and value-added seafood processor, with a second arm, NEMA Foodservice, distributing sushi and seafood. Its corporate offices are in Atlanta and its processing plants are in Virginia and Chicago. It says it sources directly, processes each order on the day it is delivered, and that its fish are flown and trucked in daily.

• Processes each order the same day it is delivered
• Fish flown and trucked in daily, in its own words
• Corporate office in Atlanta, plants in Virginia and Chicago
• Runs a separate sushi and seafood arm, NEMA Foodservice

Serves: Foodservice customers

Address

119 Pounds Dr, Tucker, GA, 30084

Phone

(404) 363-0552

New Ocean

Local specialistTuckerEst. 1992

Founded in 1992 with the stated purpose of making seafood more available to the Atlanta community, and now supplying cities across the Southeast from Tucker. It imports directly from producers worldwide and also buys domestically to hold year-round availability, and runs its own fleet of refrigerated trucks. Its customers page addresses restaurants, retailers and other distributors separately, and it offers retail-ready packaging to grocers as well as bulk product to kitchens.

• Founded 1992 to serve Atlanta specifically
• Runs its own fleet of refrigerated trucks
• Retail-ready packaging for grocery seafood departments
• Sells to other distributors as well as to kitchens

Serves: Restaurants, Buffets, Caterers, Food courts, Retailers, Distributors

Address

5372 Royal Woods Pkwy, Tucker, GA, 30084

Phone

(770) 986-8823

Delivers

Cities across the Southeastern United States

A&D Foods

Regional distributorDuluthEst. 1994

An importer and distributor trading since 1994, describing its operation as pond to plate: its Indonesian affiliates run two processing plants and 400 hectares of shrimp ponds farming black tiger and white vannamei, and it works with shrimp and seafood producers across Asia, Central America and South America. It says it draws on factory alliances in more than 20 countries and is expanding its Duluth facility. The site is published in six languages, English, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese and both Chinese scripts.

• Trading since 1994
• Indonesian affiliates run 400 hectares of shrimp ponds
• Factory alliances in more than 20 countries
• Site published in six languages

Serves: Foodservice buyers

Address

2075 Boggs Rd NW, Duluth, GA, 30096

Phone

(678) 541-0234

Baily International of Atlanta

Local specialistDuluth

A wholesale foodservice distributor in Duluth whose seafood catalog is published bilingually in Chinese and English, running shell-on and peeled shrimp by count alongside pacific saury, tilapia, golden pomfret, corvina, yellow croaker, mackerel, swai, whiting fillet, catfish, scallop, seasoned crawfish and snow crab legs. It says it has access to products other vendors do not, and publishes a downloadable product list rather than prices.

• Seafood catalog published in Chinese and English
• Shrimp listed by count, block and IQF
• Frozen products is a department in its own right
• Publishes a downloadable product list rather than prices

Serves: Restaurants, Foodservice businesses, Bars

Address

3312 N Berkeley Lake Rd NW B, Duluth, GA, 30096

Phone

(770) 452-8212

Galaxy Global International

Local specialistLawrenceville

A distributor, importer and processor of seafood in Lawrenceville that says it brings the global supply of fish and seafood together at one table and bypasses the layers of brokers and traders in between. It keeps a profile of each customer's buying preferences and manages the relationship from raw material through packing and distribution, handling import, distribution, cold storage and logistics itself.

• Importer, processor and distributor in one
• Says it bypasses brokers and traders
• Runs its own cold storage and logistics
• Keeps a buying profile for each customer

Serves: Seafood buyers

Address

2410 Tech Center Pkwy NE, Suite 200, Lawrenceville, GA, 30043

Phone

(470) 535-7677

Sea JEMS

Regional distributorBuford

A business-to-business seafood wholesaler headquartered in Georgia, trading as Sea JEMS and licensed as KGI Trading GA, which sources from global suppliers and delivers to restaurants and markets across the Southeast. It runs distribution centers in Georgia, North Carolina and Florida, and describes its operation as three connected functions: sourcing, quality control and distribution.

• Distribution centers in Georgia, North Carolina and Florida
• Sells business to business only
• Fresh and frozen seafood in one catalog
• Publishes a separate sales number for each state

Serves: Restaurants, Retail markets, Professional buyers

Address

4575 Atwater Ct., Buford, GA, 30518

Phone

(470) 589-7685

Delivers

The Southeast, from centers in Georgia, North Carolina and Florida

Young Ocean, Atlanta

Regional distributorBufordEst. 1998

The Atlanta warehouse of a seafood distributor and global trading company based in Kent, Washington, trading since 1998 and serving restaurants in Washington, Oregon, Georgia and Texas. It names Japanese restaurants, Korean barbecue restaurants and teriyaki restaurants among its customers, sources raw material primarily from Alaska, and also trades internationally into Korea, Japan and China. The only phone it publishes is the Washington number.

• Atlanta is one of four warehouses, with Kent, Portland and Houston
• Trading since 1998
• Sources raw material primarily from Alaska
• Names Japanese, Korean barbecue and teriyaki restaurants as customers

Serves: Restaurants, Japanese restaurants, Korean barbecue restaurants

Address

1970 Skylar Hill Dr., Buford, GA

Phone

(253) 395-1900

Delivers

Washington, Oregon, Georgia and Texas

Prime Meats

Regional distributorGwinnett CountyEst. 1992

A meat packing, processing and distribution company that has served restaurants, butcher shops and grocery stores in the Southeast since 1992 and names Duluth, Georgia as its base. Its product line runs beef, pork, poultry, lamb, deli and dairy alongside fresh, frozen, specialty, whole and portioned seafood, and it says it serves 19 states, mainly in the eastern United States. Its own timeline records openings in Duluth, then Buford, then Garland, Texas and Orlando, Florida, and it says it is a member of Grupo Norsan. It publishes no street address and no phone number, which we checked across four live pages and two that no longer exist.

• Trading since 1992, base named as Duluth, Georgia
• Says it serves 19 states
• Whole and portioned seafood alongside the meat line
• Publishes no street address and no phone number

Serves: Restaurants, Butcher shops, Grocery stores

Address

Duluth, GA

Delivers

19 states, mainly in the eastern United States

Legendary Meats

Regional distributorMarietta

A USDA-inspected plant in Marietta specializing in custom cuts and flavor profiles for foodservice and retail operators, carrying beef, poultry, pork, veal, lamb, seafood and dry goods on one line. It runs a fleet of refrigerated trucks and cargo vans into Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky and north Florida, and says its staff is bilingual.

• USDA-inspected plant doing custom cuts
• Eight-state delivery network from one Marietta plant
• Refrigerated trucks and cargo vans
• Bilingual staff, its own claim

Serves: Foodservice operators, Retail operators

Address

1058 King Industrial Dr, Marietta, GA, 30062

Phone

(678) 403-3800

Delivers

Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky and north Florida

LC Food

Local specialistMarietta

A Marietta foodservice distributor that describes its job as understanding a kitchen's dishes and service dynamics rather than just filling an order, and carries meats, seafood, oils, produce, cheeses and tortillas on the same delivery. Its published customer references are independent Atlanta restaurants.

• Meats, seafood, produce, cheese and tortillas on one delivery
• Publishes named Atlanta restaurant customers
• Marietta warehouse

Serves: Restaurants

Address

1306 Cobb Industrial Dr., Marietta, GA, 30066

Phone

(770) 218-9803

HF Atlanta

Regional distributorPowder Springs

An Asian specialty food distributor in Powder Springs delivering in one to two business days to restaurants and grocery businesses in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. It says more than 2,000 products are available, from meat to seafood to fresh, rare produce, alongside takeout packaging and disposable utensils, and that its edge is understanding its customers' language, culture and needs.

• One to two day delivery across four states
• More than 2,000 products, its own figure
• Meat, seafood, produce and takeout packaging on one order
• Built around Asian and Chinese restaurant kitchens

Serves: Asian restaurants, Chinese restaurants, Grocery businesses

Address

4795 Innovative Way, Powder Springs, GA, 30127

Phone

(404) 696-1888

Delivers

Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee

United Food Service

Local specialistEast PointEst. 2002

An Asian food distributor in East Point trading since 2002 and supplying Chinese restaurants and other food distributors across the Southeast. It names fresh seafood first in its own product list, ahead of custom-cut meat, fresh produce, dairy, beverages and food packaging, and it imports canned and dry goods directly from China.

• Trading since 2002
• Supplies other food distributors as well as restaurants
• Names fresh seafood first in its own product list
• Imports canned and dry goods directly from China

Serves: Chinese restaurants, Food distributors

Address

1121 Oakleigh Dr, East Point, GA, 30344

Phone

(404) 362-9393

Delivers

The Southeast

TransWorld Food Service

Local specialistBuckhead

A Buckhead-based produce and seafood company serving restaurants across metropolitan Atlanta, which it names as Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett and Henry counties. It runs a 30,000 square foot distribution center with 60,000 square feet of freezer and refrigerated cooler capacity and 15,000 square feet of dry storage, a fleet of refrigerated trucks and more than 40 staff, and says its seafood comes in daily from across the United States and around the world. It states that its facility is inspected by the FDA, the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the USDA. Its website has not been updated in about a decade, though its federal shellfish certificate is current.

• Names the five counties it serves
• 30,000 square foot distribution center
• Seafood arrives daily, its own claim
• Says it is inspected by FDA, the Georgia Department of Agriculture and USDA

Serves: Restaurants, Caterers, Country clubs, Hotels, Chefs

Address

1694 Chantilly Dr NE, Atlanta, GA, 30324

Phone

(404) 500-9051

Delivers

Metropolitan Atlanta, including Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett and Henry counties

Gourmet Foods International

Regional distributorDecaturEst. 1967

Russell McCall opened a 1,000 square foot cheese shop in Atlanta in 1967 with money borrowed from his grandmother, started the wholesale business in the early 1970s, sold the retail stores in 1975 and went into importing and distributing European cheese and gourmet specialty foods. The company now runs thirteen distribution centers nationally, all deliveries on its own compartmentalized temperature-controlled trucks driven by its own employees, and Decatur is its Atlanta warehouse. Its catalog carries a fish and seafood department alongside the cheese, meat and specialty lines, and the Georgia Shrimp Association lists it as a certified distributor.

• Started as an Atlanta cheese shop in 1967
• Thirteen distribution centers nationally, Decatur is the Atlanta one
• Own trucks and own drivers, compartmentalized by temperature
• On the Georgia Shrimp Association distributor list

Serves: Restaurants, Retailers, Specialty food buyers

Address

3370 Panthersville Road, Decatur, GA, 30034

Phone

(404) 688-1315

Delivers

National, from thirteen distribution centers

What Chefs Want, Atlanta

Regional distributorAustell

A 140,000 square foot Atlanta hub opened in 2024, consolidating three acquisitions, Phoenix, Revere Meat Company and Food Hub ATL, under one roof in Austell. It buys seafood daily direct from boats, with its own purchasers at East Florida docks, and says it has acquired seafood companies and docks from coastal Georgia to Alaska, with fish reaching it by truck or plane within 24 hours of the dock. Its seafood managers are HACCP certified. It offers six-day delivery, no minimum order and split cases, and publishes no Atlanta phone number.

• 140,000 square foot hub opened 2024
• Says it owns seafood companies and docks from coastal Georgia to Alaska
• Fish by truck or plane within 24 hours of the dock
• Six-day delivery, no minimum order, split cases

Serves: Restaurants, Chefs, Culinary professionals

Address

7895 Third Flag Parkway, Austell, GA, 30168

Delivers

The Atlanta area and the southern United States

Buckhead Meat & Seafood of Atlanta

National broadlineCollege Park

The Atlanta operation of Sysco's specialty meat and seafood brand, which runs its own cut shop in the city and says it sources sustainable seafood directly from local docks alongside aged steaks and an artisanal provisions line. It holds a Georgia shellfish shipper certificate as Buckhead Meat of Atlanta, and the Georgia Shrimp Association lists Buckhead Beef of Atlanta among its certified distributors.

• Runs its own Atlanta cut shop
• Sustainable seafood sourced directly from local docks, in its own words
• Holds a Georgia shellfish shipper certificate
• On the Georgia Shrimp Association distributor list

Serves: Restaurants, Steakhouses

Address

4500 Wickersham Dr., College Park, GA, 30337

Phone

(404) 355-4400

Restaurant Depot, Ellsworth

Cash and carryNorthwest Atlanta

A wholesale cash and carry foodservice supplier with five warehouses across metro Atlanta, at Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard in the city and at Buford, Marietta, Morrow and Norcross. Membership is free, there is no minimum purchase, and the warehouses open seven days a week. Its own home page carries a Seafood department heading linking to a fresh and frozen seafood collection, and the same page names bakery supplies among what you can buy. Its locations pages name neither, so both claims rest on the home page.

• Five metro Atlanta warehouses
• Free membership, no minimum purchase
• Open seven days a week
• Walk-in counter, collection only, no delivery

Serves: Restaurants, Caterers, Independent operators

Address

1455 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, 30318

Phone

(404) 351-2501

Delivers

Collection only, from five metro warehouses

Sysco Atlanta

National broadlineCollege Park

The Atlanta operating company of the largest foodservice distributor in the United States, at College Park beside the airport. Its own Atlanta page carries no seafood product list, so its place on the seafood page rests on its federal shellfish shipper certificate as Sysco Atlanta LLC and on the Georgia Shrimp Association naming it among certified distributors. The same page does lead its product showcase with items from Sysco's own bakery brand, Baker's Source, which is the whole of its bakery evidence here.

• Holds a Georgia shellfish shipper certificate
• On the Georgia Shrimp Association distributor list
• Publishes no seafood product detail for this location

Serves: Restaurants

Address

2225 Riverdale Rd., College Park, GA, 30337

Phone

(404) 765-9900

Gordon Food Service, Douglasville

National broadlineDouglas County

A 445,000 square foot distribution center 21 miles west of Atlanta, opened with 241 employees and a projection of 330 within three years. Its own location page describes fresh produce, custom proteins, kitchen staples and supplies for restaurants, schools, universities, healthcare, hotels and stadiums, and does not name seafood; the seafood evidence is the federal shellfish shipper certificate held at this address. This row is thin for that reason, and it publishes no phone number.

• 445,000 square feet, 21 miles west of the city
• Holds a Georgia shellfish shipper certificate
• Serves schools, hospitals, hotels and stadiums as well as restaurants
• Publishes no seafood product detail for this location

Serves: Restaurants, Schools, Universities, Healthcare facilities, Hotels, Stadiums

Address

1500 North River Road, Lithia Springs, GA, 30122