The original facility, which is today the site of Pacific Star Seafoods, was erected soon after the turn of the century and operated as a family run saltery near the mouth of the Kenai River. Enough salted, preserved salmon was prepared each year to ensure a steady diet of fish during the winter for the early pioneer families living in and around nearby Kenai, Alaska.
In 1946 the first cannery was built on the site. In 1950 the plant was named the Kenai Salmon Packing Company, a.k.a. Kenai Packers. The Kenai Packers name stood for the best in salmon products for the next forty-four years until May of 1994 when Pacific Star Seafoods, Inc. purchased the facility and has maintained the same high quality operation ever since. Pacific Star Seafoods has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Double E Foods LLC since 2005.