Maison Saint-Lo ... A family story
(From an article in the newspaper Ouest-France on 16/05/12)
" History
March 1985. René Saint-Lô, 51, dropped his pheasant farm for a fish farm, in La Champagne in Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin in the Manche, in Normandie. An unknown world that he learns to master "chaining internships. "Six months later, his wife Nicole, 53, resigned from his job as an accountant secretary in a Parisian company to join him.
The family adventure begins. Doubling as Nicole gave birth a few months later to Geoffrey. Without knowing that 26 years later, the son integrate the family business and open at Caen, the first Maison Saint-Lô.
"Everything is done by hand"
But, back to Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin (near Coutances). We are in 1985. The couple focuses on the 10 hectare park, seven cottages, fishing ponds and trout farming, "in the great outdoors, in water of very good quality and no treatment. We work with nature. "
Five years later, René and Nicole are addressing smoking trout home and then expand to other fish: "Herrings, farmed salmon in Cherbourg, a quality product at the firm flesh, mackerel, the sins line by a fisherman off the coast ... The proximity and quality is preferred. The fish are processed the day of fishing. Nothing is stored and we do everything by hand. "
New development in 2008 with the construction of a "European standards approved" laboratory. This brand new canning out "rillettes of trout, salmon ... soups and velouté, mackerel in jars, with Normandy mustard, with curry, with coconut ... Manufacturing is craftsmanship without coloring or preservatives. " The range widens, pickled lemon, rust ... and recipes rillettes are enriched with new flavors. Salmon, honey and curry, coconut, place the andouille de Vire, scallops and honey apples ...
A graduate of the School of Business Dijon, Geoffrey joined the company earlier this year to address the marketing of the home products, as comfortable talking about a fish in the water. "
You can find all our products at the following address :
Maison SAINT-LO
La Champagne
50490 Saint Sauveur Lendelin
Opening hours:
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily during the holidays
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday
Maison Saint-Lô ... A guarantee of quality
We check all of our products and our workshop by DLA50 (Departmental Laboratory Analyses Channel).
In addition, we obtained in 2009 and 2013, the Certificate Manche Terroirs for the quality of our rillettes! It was given to us by the President of the General Council of the Manche, the President of the Chamber of Agriculture of the Manche, the President of the Chamber of Trades and Crafts of the Manche and Group Director Product Innovation Adria Normandy. In addition, we also received in 2012 the price of the Manche Entrepreneur. This award shows our expertise and originality of our recipes!
