Make your daily life easier

• Expertise dedicated to seafood products.
• Your complete product range, from fish auctions to prepared products.
• The ability to fulfil special orders for a distinctive display counter.
• A single, experienced dedicated point of contact at Mericq.
• Personalized support.
• E-commerce access to save you time.
• A depot less than 2 hours away for optimal responsiveness.
• Tools developed by Mericq to make our customers’ daily lives easier. 
• Dedicated technical training programs for fishmongers.

Secure your supply

Our expertise, dedicated exclusively to seafood products, together with the close relationships we maintain with our clients, drives us to continually acquire new know-how. This allows us to offer retail fishmongers the most complete range possible. The Mericq sector grows and evolves through ongoing exchange, to secure supply and offer a breadth of range that covers the full scope of our clients’ needs.  

Access
the finest products

To offer the finest French products every day, we have established a physical presence at fish auctions from the Basque Country to the north of Brittany, and we have developed direct relationships with small-scale fishing operations in the Mediterranean.

Our on-site presence, with our processing facilities located in prime areas close to fishing and production zones, gives us visibility over vessel catches and ensures a unique product selection. 

This way, retail fishmongers can rely on our network of buyers covering fish auctions across Europe, and focus on their business and their customers without having to worry about sourcing. Our sector-wide expertise also allows us to fulfil special orders for individual customers (a 3.5 kg sea bass, an 8 kg turbot, etc.).

Leader in wild crustaceans in Europe, a unique live offering

With its Béganton fleet of potting vessels and its strategic presence in Ireland through Breizon, Mericq controls every stage of sourcing across the sector. Sourced from Northern Europe, our holding tanks are supplied by our fleet of live-haul trucks to ensure an exceptional, above-standard quality. This allows us to ship live crustaceans of outstanding quality every day, including the most delicate species such as brown shrimp. We draw on over 40 years of experience and ongoing technology monitoring to continually improve our facilities. Our holding tank storage capacity allows for precise sizing, accurate traceability, and consistent supply, whatever the conditions at sea.  

A complete deli/prepared-foods offering

Our trade is evolving, and so is the way seafood products are consumed. Because deli/prepared items are taking up an increasingly important place on fishmongers’ counters, we are also developing our expertise in these new product ranges, so we can offer the most complete range possible and bring maximum flexibility.

A complete, permanent  frozen range 

Our sector-wide expertise naturally extends to frozen products, bringing maximum  variety. This allows our clients to  overcome seasonality  constraints, control their purchase costs, and do their own cooking, with a range depth that extends beyond our traditional borders.

Our clients have access to a complete range all year round, without having to store large volumes in their freezers.

The  QMS label, Mericq Quality Frozen, guarantees a product meeting strict specifications, covering both product quality and the environmental and ethical aspects of our sourcing.

Labels to feature in your displays

Our goal is to source French products, labelled products, “pinced” products — products that allow retail fishmongers to maximize their profits and build distinctive counter displays that appeal to end customers. Mericq is committed to securing their supply and supporting them in showcasing our sector.  

A single point of contact, tailor-made advice 

Working with Mericq also means having the assurance of a dedicated, product-expert point of contact who supports retail fishmongers on a day-to-day basis. This close relationship is essential for sharing our sector-wide vision and guiding them in growing their business. Knowing their trade inside out, Mericq’s contacts remain available at all times to advise customers and fulfil special orders. Thanks to the close working relationship with our specialists, our clients stand out from their competitors with a unique offering.

Save time with the Mericq app

For maximum availability, our clients benefit from access to our e-commerce app 24/7, with visibility at any hour on products available for delivery the following morning. Thanks to the personal account area, customers can access a personalized offering, manage favorites, select their usual products, and receive product suggestions. Order taking is made easier and faster. Before or after a day of selling, retail fishmongers are thus free to place or adjust their orders independently. Our sales team can view client orders in real time.  

We also take into account all orders placed by phone and left on our answering machines.

To help our clients achieve their goals with peace of mind, we develop and provide digital tools such as the special end-of-year holiday margin simulator and the seafood platter simulator.

Many such tools have been developed as a result of our daily exchanges with clients, and are made available to provide an ever more complete service tailored to fishmongers’ daily needs.

A depot less than two hours away

Logistics is at the heart of our business, which demands reliability and responsiveness, even at the last minute. That’s why we continually invest in our supply chain and distribution network to ensure the best possible service, maintain the ability to handle the unexpected, and guarantee next-day deliveries across our entire range.

With a depot less than 2 hours from our clients and a dense, agile network, it’s possible to adjust orders up until the evening for next-day delivery. Through our answering machine or New’Mericq, we’re able to accommodate urgent requests in under 8 hours if orders need to be adjusted.

We also size our facilities to handle seasonal peaks, allowing clients to get through busy periods with peace of mind. 

Through the digitalization of our platforms and tools, we make it possible to order products with great responsiveness even a product that hasn’t (yet) been caught !

Training programs designed for retail fishmongers

We have created our own in-house training organization to allow our teams to develop new skills while showcasing the expertise of our more experienced staff members.

All of this training content allows us to share our know-how and offer personalized, customizable training programs within the Seafood Academy.