© Findus Group 2010 Young’s was founded on the banks of the Thames in 1805 as a whitebait business. Now, over 200 years on, Young’s is the UK’s number one branded seafood business, employing over 2000 staff in 7 locations, with an unbroken reputation of success in supplying quality seafood products. 1805 Young’s founded by Elizabeth Young 1925 Young’s among the first to undertake sales of frozen Labrador Salmon 1946 Young’s invented Scampi 1950s Young's moves to Grimsby 1999 Legal and General acquires Young's from United Biscuits and Bluecrest from Booker 2000 Young’s brand relaunched, leading to the doubling of sales over the following 5 years 2002 Management buy-out of Young's Bluecrest with CapVest Ltd 2003 Acquisition of Gosforth factory from Albert Fisher plc 2004 Acquisition of Macrae Food Group from Food Equity Partners' 2006 Young's joins Findus AB to form Foodvest, one of Europe's largest food groups 2008 Young’s bought by Lion Capital 2009 Young’s brand sales top £280m, with products such as Chip Shop, Admirals Pie and Scampi