J.J. McDonnell Prepared to Handle More Fresh Seafood in Move to 62,000 Sq. Ft. Facility
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Baltimore Sun] November 7, 2016
Before George McManus III purchased J.J. McDonnell & Co. from his family friend William Owens in 1984, he drove a truck for the then-Baltimore-based seafood distribution company.
McManus grew up in Guilford, graduated from McDonogh School and worked for J.J. McDonnell as a teenager and as a Loyola College student. When the company moved its operation to the Maryland Seafood Market in Jessup, he broached the subject of buying it from Owens, who was nearing retirement and didn't have any children to take over the business.
"He said, 'You're gonna start out at the bottom,' which...
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