New surveys show more Americans will be gathering with friends and relatives this holiday season as the Covid-19 pandemic subsides, and higher numbers will be drawn to seafood restaurants' seasonal promotions.
In response, seafood restaurants are touting special dishes and promotions for the holiday season.
A new National Restaurant Association survey found 77 percent of consumers will eat out more than usual during the
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is asking suppliers to bid on supplying 207,000 cases of wild U.S. shrimp.
The shrimp will be used in the National School Lunch Program and other Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs, the agency said in a notice. Suppliers must submit bids on the peeled and deveined shrimp solicitation by 23 December …
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Shelf-stable seafood sales continued to increase in value at U.S. grocery stores despite the highest price increases of any seafood category.
Shelf-stable seafood sales rose 6.2 percent to USD 188 million (EUR 178 million) for the four weeks ending 27 November, according to new data from IRI and 210 Analytics. At the same time, inflation on canned and pouched seafood jumped 12.4 percent.
“People are pulling back on how much they
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Blue Star Foods’ subsidiary, Taste of BC Aquafarms, is seeking approval to build a CAD 48 million (USD 35 million, EUR 33 million) land-based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) steelhead salmonid farm.
The Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada-based company recently applied for an aquaculture license with Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Blue Star said in a press release. Taste of BC Aquafarms expects to start
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A recent marketing campaign from the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) and retail partners including Publix and Giant Eagle sought to boost consumer awareness and sales of Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) seafood.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A.-based GSA said in a press release its first consumer marketing campaign, "Healthy Fish, Healthy Planet, Healthy You!” resulted in a 160 percent increase in media mentions for BAP in
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded contracts for nearly USD 2 million (EUR 1.9 million) worth of U.S. pollock to Trident Seafoods and Channel Fish Processing, and an additionall USD 885,000 (EUR 840,000) in catfish contracts.
Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S.A-based Channel Fish Processing Co. and Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based Trident were the big winners ...
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Acme Smoked Fish Chief Marketing Officer Teresa Low has a positive outlook on smoked salmon sales for the holiday season and into 2023, as the supplier launches a new product.
To capture additional holiday sales, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.-based Acme is launching Danish Double-Smoked Salmon under its Spence & Co. premium product line in select Whole Foods Market stores.
“Our expectations for the holiday season are optimistic, as
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The rate of grocery price inflation in the United Kingdom has fallen for the first time in two years, according to new data, while chilled fish prices continue to dampen sales.
Overall grocery inflation for the most recent four weeks declined slightly by 0.1 percent to 14.6 percent, according to Kantar. As a result, take-home grocery sales increased by 5.9 percent for the 12 weeks ending 27 November, the fastest level of growth since March
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Stuart, Florida, U.S.A.-based New England Fish & Lobster plans to expand to other areas of Florida after its acquisition by wholesale foodservice distributor Hillcrest Foods and Local & Turtle Foods earlier in 2022.
Hillcrest, which acquired Tampa, Florida-based seafood and meats distributor and processor Local & Turtle Foods a few years ago, and its four majority owners, bought New England Fish & Lobster in April 2022, New
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The U.S. Senate joined the U.S. House in voting to intervene to prevent a nationwide strike by railroad workers.
The Senate bill, which passed 80-15, was signed into law by U.S. President Joe Biden on 2 December. Food industry and retail groups had urged Congress to pass the resolution to avert the strike, which was estimated to potentially cost the American economy up to USD 2 billion (EUR 1.9 billion) a day.
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