J M Clayton Co

For over a century, the J. M. Clayton Company has been supplying crabs and seafood to wholesalers, distributors, restaurants, and chain stores all over the country. From #1 jimmies to jumbo lump and sweet backfin, Clayton’s crabs and Epicure crabmeat are superior quality. We sell authentic "Blue Crab Crabmeat," full of the pure flavor found in world famous Chesapeake Bay blue crabs - a traditional delicacy.

Like the old days, watermen still pull up to the docks at J. M. Clayton’s and sell their daily catches directly to the packing house where crabs are cooked, picked, processed, and packaged for shipping. While still housed in many of the original buildings, Clayton’s has totally upgraded our facility and leads the industry in modern techniques and innovations.

Modern methods of processing, preparing, and refrigerating crabmeat allow it to remain fresh for days. The J. M. Clayton Company packages and ships approximately 30,000 pounds of crabs and crabmeat each day during peak season, from April through November. Many are trucked fresh to the Western Shore of the Bay, others are packed in ice and flown across country to aficionados yearning for the sweet taste of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs.

Seafood experts consider Maryland to have the most educated and the most spoiled palettes in the world when it comes to the quality and taste of crabmeat. It has been a well established fact that crabmeat processed with crabs from the Chesapeake Bay is the most flavorful and sweetest available, hands down. For five generations, the J. M. Clayton Company has been supplying its famous Epicure Crabmeat to Maryland retailers and restaurants. One of these is the Hyatt Regency Resort Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge, whose success and goal has been to share the true treasures of Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay with its valued guests.

Visit our retail market anytime Monday through Friday, 8-5. We have an interesting line of products available to satisfy any seafood savant. We also ship wholesale or retail via Federal Express, common carrier, or we deliver using our refrigerated trucks.

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