Metropolitan Meat, Seafood & Poultry Co. announced plans to consolidate its Washington, D.C., operations into its Landover, Md., headquarters facility. With this move, which will occur in three phases, the company will add 80 jobs in Maryland to its existing workforce of 150 employees.

Operating since 1944, Metropolitan Meat, Seafood & Poultry supplies hotels, restaurants, caterers and other businesses in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia. The Landover facility features three individual processing areas and a fleet of 50 custom-built refrigerated trucks. Metropolitan also features a variety of specialty and imported items, ranging from handmade hors d’oeuvres to organic meats and artisan cheeses.

Metropolitan Meat, Seafood & Poultry Co. is a division of A.M. Briggs, a Washington, D.C.-based division of Sysco Corp., Houston, Texas.