Grimsby, United Kingdom-based Young’s Seafood is launching two garlic-themed products: Scottish Mussels in Creamy Garlic and White Wine Sauce and Creamy Garlic Topped Cod Fillets.
The mussels product will launch in Iceland stores this month, while the cod item will launch in Tesco stores, it said in a press release.
Both products have been designed to appeal to shoppers looking for affordable, restaurant-quality meals they can enjoy at
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Amidst record inflation, soaring energy costs, and political upheaval, restaurants in the United Kingdom and Scotland are struggling to survive. As a result, U.K. hospitality businesses are seeking lower tax rates while Scottish hospitality businesses are partnering with seafood and other suppliers on a new campaign aimed to bolster sales.
Rishi Sunak was elected as U.K.’s new prime minister and officially took office on Tuesday, 25
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Carlsbad, California, U.S.A.-based Rubio’s is bringing back wild and certified sustainable langostino lobster entrees while rolling out a new item: Langostino Lobster Nas Queso Quesadilla.
“Guests look forward to the return of langostino lobster each year,” Rubio’s Co-Founder Ralph Rubio said in a press release. “Our culinary team continuously develops recipes that offer guests new ways to experience
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Two Fish Distribution is rolling out enhanced frozen Seafood Boil Bags at grocers nationwide.
The Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.-based brand’s newest selection of seafood boil bags has been enhanced to include corn on the cob and whole red potatoes. The line is now available in three distinct frozen seafood bag selections featuring either shrimp, crab legs, or a shrimp and crab leg combination.
The company’s frozen retail business was
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based canned seafood manufacturer Scout has scored USD 4 milion (EUR 4.1 million) in a seed funding round.
Scout, which in 2020 debuted a canned seafood line sourced 100 percent from Canadian and U.S. fisheries, said in a press release the funding will accelerate its omni-channel brand strategy and operational expansion.
The funding round is led by Semillero Partners, a seed- and growth-stage
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Raw salmon supplied to sushi and poke restaurants has resulted in a multistate outbreak of salmonella infections in the United States.
Thirty-three illnesses and 13 hospitalizations are linked to the outbreak, traced back to Pico Rivera, California, U.S.A.-based supplier Mariscos Bahia, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a press release.
The FDA, the Centers for Disease Control, and state and authorities are investigating the
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Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.-based Acme Smoked Fish will soon shut down its direct-to-consumer e-commerce business, an executive with the company told SeafoodSource.
Acme ramped up its e-commerce program during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many Americans were under stay-at-home orders. Now, consumers have returned to shopping in stores, Acme Chief Marketing Officer Teresa Low said, and high labor, raw materials and shipping costs are hurting its
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Whitby Seafoods said its shrimp scampi is the first seafood product sold in the United Kindom that has a trackable carbon footprint.
The Whitby, U.K.-based supplier entered a partnership with CarbonCloud, the food industry’s climate intelligence platform, thjatmapped out the entire supply chain of its scampi products in CarbonCloud’s platform and calculated the emissions at every stage.
“As the largest scampi
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As grocery inflation in the U.K. reached a new peak high in September 2022, chilled fish sales continue to drop.
The inflation of 13.9 percent – a record high since data and consulting firm Kantar began tracking prices in 2008 – is expected to add GBP 643 (USD 722, EUR 739) to the average annual grocery bill, the company said in a press release.
Grocery sales rose 4.8 percent for the quarter ending 2 October,
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As consumers become increasingly concerned about grocery inflation, select Canadian and United States grocery chains are lowering prices on hundreds of products.
In the most notable example, Brampton, Ontario, Canada-based Loblaw Companies announced a price freeze on more than 1,500 No Name brand items “in an effort provide grocery-bill predictability to Canadians facing the highest food inflation in decades,” the retailer said in a
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