Christine Blank

Contributing Editor

Christine Blank, a veteran freelance writer and editor, covers all aspects of the seafood industry, from fishing to processing to selling and serving the final product. When she is not writing for SeafoodSource, Christine gets to taste scrumptious seafood dishes at U.S. restaurants for her food and travel blog, Flavorful Excursions (www.flavorfulexcursions.net). Christine loves to eat seafood of any kind, but lobster, crab and crawfish are among her favorites. In addition to SeafoodSource.com and SeaFood Business, Christine’s articles have been published in hundreds of leading magazines and newspapers, such as The New York Times, USA Today and Associated Press.

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Published on
January 4, 2023

San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.-based H-E-B was named America’s most-trusted retailer of fresh seafood in the fith annual BrandSpark American Grocery Trust Study.

The companies making the list of most-trusted seafood retailers have each deepened their focus recently on seafood sustainability issues and strengthened their commitments to traceability and transparency in recent years.

“As inflation continues to hit

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Published on
December 27, 2022

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service is partnering with the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) to promote locally grown and processed foods, including salmon.

Under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). CRITFC and its four member tribes will seek to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers, USDA

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Published on
December 23, 2022

Deli foodservice holds opportunities for seafood suppliers as U.S grocery stores report higher sales and demand for the items.

Supermarket foodservice has become more popular as cost-conscious shoppers cut back on eating at restaurants, according to FMI-The Food Industry Association's latest Power of Foodservice at Retail 2022 report. 

The report found 25 percent of Americans are purchasing more grocery foodservice than

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Published on
December 22, 2022

The Fisheries Council of Canada has widened its Smarter Meals out of the Blue marketing campaign to hike seafood sales this holiday season.

The national marketing campaign encourages Canadians to eat more seafood – particularly Canadian seafood – already produced significant results since it began in May 2022, FCC President Paul Lansbergen told SeafoodSource.

The campaign has already racked up more than 18 million

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Published on
December 21, 2022

U.S. seafood e-commerce vendors are emphasizing discounts and recipes using their products to lure shoppers this holiday season.

Pure Food Fish Market, SeaPak Shrimp and Seafood, Secret Island Salmon, Pacific Seafood, and Lotus Seafoods are among the companies offering online deals in advance of Christmas ... 

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Published on
December 20, 2022

Costco's net sales rose, but its sales of fresh foods suffered in Q3 2023, Costco Chief Financial Officer Richard Galanti said on the company's quarterly earnings call.

The Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based retailer, which operates 847 stores globally, said its net sales increased 8.1 percent to USD 53.44 billion (EUR 50 billion) compared to the same quarter in fiscal-year 2022. Its store traffic increased 3.9 percent

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Published on
December 20, 2022

Young’s Seafood secured a contract to supply a new Extra Special Blackthorn Dry-Cured Smoked Salmon product to more than 450 Asda stores, the grocery chain said in a press release.

“We are delighted to have such a strong relationship with Young’s, and our customers always love the Extra Special Smoked Salmon products, especially at this time of the year,” Asda Local Buying Manager Ashley Connolly said.

Asda’s Extra

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Published on
December 16, 2022

Darden is retaining a positive financial outlook for the upcoming holiday season, despite high inflation taking a bite out of its net earnings.

The Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.-based operator of Capital Grille, LongHorn Steakhouse, Olive Garden, and several other restaurant chains said in an earnings report issued on 16 December its sales increased 9.4 percent in its fiscal Q2 2023 to USD 2.5 billion (EUR 2.4 billion).

The

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Published on
December 16, 2022

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising food retailers and restaurants to discard oysters from harvest area TX 1 in Galveston Bay, Texas, U.S.A. due to a norovirus outbreak.

The Texas Department of State Health Services and the Florida Department of Health notified the FDA of illnesses associated with consuming raw oysters from the TX 1 area, FDA said in a press release.

Oysters from the harvest area, which has been closed since 8

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Published on
December 16, 2022

Australian grocery chains Coles and Woolworths are discounting rock lobster – along with several other seafood species leading up to Christmas.

Coles, which operates 2,500 retail outlets throughout the country, has slashed prices on rock lobster, tiger prawns, and other seafood.

The grocery chain was selling Marine Stewardship Council-certified Western Australia cooked rock lobsters for AUD 27 (USD 18, EUR 17) each in

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