Our story

Frial establishes our first location in Bayeux, France

Expands production units for
seafood products

 

Launches our ready-made meals production site

Manufactures and lauches the first microwaveable and recyclable cardboard tray

Launches the first enrobed Individual Quick Frozen portionable recipes

Creation of Frial’s integrated quality laboratory

Develops our sourcing initiative

Creates and launches
the first frozen sauce pellets

Constructs Frial’s first storage facility and
seafood packaging
production line

Frial comes to America
and Frial Inc. is born

Expands to create our center for research and development

Launches the first of our
“Clean Label” recipes

Receives Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) approval

Opens our third production site facility in Falaise, France

Frial obtains official certifications

Launches newest
sustainaible packagings

Frial releases our $28 million
investment plan

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Our Expertise

Established in 1980

Frial’s is located in Normandy near the
D-DAY beaches, France (in Bayeux and Falaise).

Creator and manufacturer of fresh frozen culinary solutions in private label. The company supports its partner clients, specialists retailers in frozen food, mass distribution, and Food Service through innovative and customizable solutions in seafood and single and sharable ready made meals.

3 production sites in Normandy

63 000 m2

Certifications

Our production sites are IFS Version 6 higher version and BRC grade A certified.

Our workshop

Quality is our process

At Frial, delivering superior quality is central to our cultural values.

Our Commitment:

  • To ensure impeccable health and safety standards in compliance with multiple performance indicators through the use of smart analytics.
  • To strengthen our core frozen food business by requiring strict temperature controls from sourcing to delivery.
  • To analyze sources of non-conformity in our procedures to propose long-term corrective action (in accordance with our values)
Regular checks all the way through the manufacturing steps
3
QA Labs
20
People
  • Final product control
  • Bacteriological analysis
  • Raw material control
  • Physicochemical analysis

​ R&D and innovation

Innovation is driven by a diverse and multidisciplinary team of experts.
We combine the latest trends and advancements in sustainable packaging and our masterful culinary craft to offer top of the line solutions.

Natural, flavorful, and well-balanced recipes are at the core of what we do.We are a “Clean Label” partner, striving to limit the list of ingredients in our products.

A unique R&D unit

Sourcing
  • Quality taste
  • Materials origin
  • Integrated sectors
12
Culinary specialists
Try the challenge of cooking with taste, as natural as possible
1
R&D dedicated area
Products and customers reception
3
Laboratories
1
Industrial testing dedicated area

Supply chain

+ 30 000
Pallets

Storage capabilities

+ 100 000
Pallets

Transfert/years

+ 1 000
Containers

Import / export

Our agreements