Need for vertical integration was key to E&E's purchase of Cannon Fish

As acquisitions go, Seattle-based E&E Foods' purchase of seafood supplier and processor Cannon Fish Company (CFC) happened relatively quickly.

The two companies started talking about it three months ago, Ken Ng, E&E’s chief operating officer, told IntraFish on Monday.

Cannon was doing some custom processing for E&E when the two began talking about a potential deal. “We were really impressed with the people at Cannon, and the timing was right,” said Ng.

E&E is consolidating its Seattle area processing operations into a single 76,000 square foot facility in Renton, Washington.