Now in the third generation of the Burgon family, the company was founded a hundred years ago to process herring.
In the early 50’s, shellfish had replaced herring as their principal product, and Burgons were in the fore-front of the development of live lobster exports to continental Europe. By the mid-eighties, crab processing had become the core of the business, and a new factory was developed to specialize in the processing of Scottish crab.
With constant improvement and development of both production and product range, it is not without some justification that Burgons of Eyemouth are known as Scotland's Crabmeat Specialists.