The business was established by Julià and Manela (grandparents of the current Managing Director), who purchased their fish supplies from Barcelona fish market and collected it at Vic train station in order to sell it at their stall in the local market.
The “Ca la Manela” fish store opened in Vic's busy Carrer dels Argenters. The family ran it for over 50 years.
When Fèlix Ferrer (son of Julià and Manela) took over the running of the business, he bought a small warehouse with a large freezer room, on the basis of which he set up one of the first routes for the sale and supply of frozen fish in the area of Osona.
This period marked a turning point for the company when, on the back of the success of its fresh and frozen fish business, it embarked on a major new venture: the opening of a large warehouse with sufficient capacity to begin the large-scale storage and sale of products.
This was the year of the first Frigo concession. Frigo granted Ferrer the exclusive distribution of its products in the Manresa and Berga area, which led it to set up business in an industrial building in the area.
Successive warehouses and branches among the territory (Figueres, Tarragona, Lleida) have been incorporated to the company, with the only objective: to serve quickly and efficiently all of our demanding client needs.
Reconstruction of the Headquarters’ facilities in Vic, that will end up in the nowadays 10.000 m2 of extension and more than 2.500 m3 of cold-storage room capacity.
Ferrer acquired a large industrial building in Mercabarna right opposite the Barcelona fish market, which is now the central facility for the purchase, management and handling of all the company's fish and seafood products, and which supplies the other company branches on a daily basis.
The group was joined by Suñer Girona, a company with many years of experience and expertise in the fish sector of Girona and the Costa Brava.
Celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the creation of Frigorífics Ferrer
The ultimate branch of Ferrer and the first of the company located out of Catalonia. Paterna (Valencia) is an exceptional situation to serve both Valencia city and the Costa Blanca coast.
Opening of a new Ferrer branch outside Catalonia. Located in Mercamadrid, enables Ferrer to have a privileged position in the capital’s fish market.
Expansion of the installations of our headquarters in Vic. The new installations result in a new frozen warehouse of 14.000 m3, two floors with new offices and 3 unloading bays.
