Overall food inflation declined to 9.9 percent in the United Kingdom in September 2023, down from 11.5 percent in August, while fresh food inflation fell from 11.6 percent in August to 9.6 percent in September, according to the British Retail Consortium and Nielsen IQ.
Inflation on ambient food items such as canned seafood decelerated to 10.4 percent in September, down from 11.3 percent in August, the lowest since November 2022. U.K. food
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Though around 88 percent of American restaurants are dishing out some sort of seafood, US Foods Vice President of Product Development and Innovation Stacey Kinkaid said that could be the floor – not the ceiling – of seafood’s prevalence on U.S. menus.
Data recently released by research firm Technomic confirms seafood remains very popular on restaurant menus across the U.S., but favorable trends could make it
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A bevy of ready-to-eat shrimp products is hitting the market, helped by plentiful supplies and American shoppers continuing to favor convenience.
Due to an import influx in recent years, U.S. wholesalers have been eager to move their shrimp inventory, but struggled earlier this year due to inflation peeling back consumer spending in both the retail and foodservice arenas. Recently, however, frozen retail shrimp prices have “finally started
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Catering to Americans seeking healthy, high-protein foods on the go, Thai Union Group-owned Chicken of the Sea is adding more flavored grab-and-go tuna products.
The El Segundo, California, U.S.A.-based shelf-stable seafood giant is launching three Chicken of the Sea Wild Caught Tuna packets in partnership with McCormick seasonings, as well as three Chicken of the Sea tuna and salmon flavors.
New flavors include: McCormick Lemon Garlic,
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Meal-kit maker Blue Apron entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by The Wonder Group.
Founded in 2012, Blue Apron helped to remake at-home dining and food delivery habits in the U.S., but struggled after it went public in June 2017.
Wonder’s acquisition of Blue Apron is expected to create “a leading platform for mealtime, enhancing mealtime with choice, flexibility and convenience through two exceptional
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Arby’s and grocery chain H-E-B were added to the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) 2024 Partnership Program at the Wild Alaska Pollock Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., on 28 September.
The GAPP Partnership Program supports retail and foodservice companies in the U.S. and globally in their product promotion efforts, matching the partner’s marketing investment dollar for dollar.
Arby’s will use
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Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based Trident Seafoods landed a contract worth nearly USD 800,000 (EUR 757,000) to supply canned pink salmon to federal food and nutrition programs.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded the contract to Trident for 16,720 cases of canned salmon at USD 779,998 (EUR 738,000). Trident will deliver the salmon in November and December of this year.
In June, the USDA indicated it would make a large purchase of U.S.
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Leeds, United Kingdom-based grocery chain Asda is seeking new buyers as it introduces a new operating model at its corporate office.
“The change is part of Asda’s ongoing transformation to ensure it has the right structures, technology, and people skills in place to support its long-term ambition to become the U.K.’s second-largest grocery retailer,” the operator of more than 630 stores in the country said.
As part of the
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Hy-Vee is joining other large U.S. grocery chains in initiating a search for new food suppliers, particularly minority- and women-owned businesses.
The West Des Moines, Iowa U.S.A.-based operator of more than 285 stores in the U.S. states of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin is hosting its next quarterly Best of Local Brands Summit on 8 November.
Hy-Vee is accepting submissions for the
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U.K. retailer Aldi achieved a new sales record in 2022, and its competitor Tesco announced it will price-match more than 600 staple products on a wide range of food items.
Not long after announcing it would open 500 additional stores in the U.K., Aldi said its annual sales increased by nearly GBP 2 billion (USD 2.4 billion, EUR 2.3 billion) to reach GBP 15.5 billion (USD 19.9 billion, EUR 17.8 billion) in 2022 – a new record in its 33-year
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