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Transitioning from building a successful seafood restaurant chain to focus on retail, e-commerce, and other channels is almost like going home for Legal Sea Foods President and CEO Roger Berkowitz.
On 22 December, the Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based company announced it is selling its 27 restaurants to PPX Hospitality Brands, which also operate the Smith & Wollensky and The Strega Group restaurant chain.
Berkowitz, however, will retain exclusive ownership rights of the Legal Sea Foods name in retail, e-commerce, and other non-restaurant channels – all areas that Legal already has a presence but will now expand significantly.
“My grandfather had a grocery store, which sold fine quality meats, and then my father opened up a fish market,” Berkowitz told SeafoodSource. “Then, we sort of fell into the restaurant business by mistake. The space next to the fish market opened up, and my folks opened up a restaurant.”