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Phillips Foods, Inc. has teamed with HMSHost Corporation at the Maryland House on Interstate 95 to proudly introduce Phillips Seafood Express, an innovative, on-the-go seafood concept making travel a more tasteful experience. The Phillips tradition as Maryland`s favorite seafood can now be enjoyed at one of the busiest travel plazas in the United States. This joint venture by Phillips and HMSHost brings a recognized name and top quality seafood to consumers on the road. Phillips Seafood Express debuted on Memorial Day 2006 as the first quick-casual Phillips on any motorway in the US. The numbers show the location`s success: Phillips sold over 6800 crab cakes and more than 5800 crab pretzels during the Maryland House 100 Days of Summer promotion. Hungry travelers can enjoy classic Phillips favorites such as crab cakes, cream of crab soup and seafood platters or sample exciting new flavors such as tortilla crusted tilapia, crab and shrimp spring rolls or crab slammers. HMSHost currently operates the highly successful full-service Phillips restaurants at the Baltimore-Washington, Charlotte and Savannah airports. Phillips Seafood Express is an original concept that reaches the seafood consumer in a new arena that demands both convenience and higher quality. HMSHost is a world leader in travel food, beverage and retail concession, as well as the development of innovative restaurant concepts. Seafood lovers around the country have come to trust Phillips as the leader in premium-quality seafood since the company`s historical beginnings on Maryland`s Chesapeake Bay in 1916. Today, Phillips operates eight full-service restaurants across the Eastern United States in addition to several Phillips Seafood Express locations. Headquartered in Baltimore, MD, Phillips is the world`s largest manufacturer of blue swimming crab meat and employs over 10,000 people in its worldwide crab processing facilities. Best known for its award-winning crab cakes, Phillips offers a full line of seafood soups, appetizers and value-added seafood entrees to the foodservice and retail markets. With nearly 100 years of experience in the seafood industry and over 50 successful years in the restaurant business, Phillips continues to lead the seafood evolution with the most innovative, delicious seafood products available on the market today.