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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Seafood prices across U.S. grocery stores have been falling for most of 2024, but American consumers continue to buy fewer products in the category.
Seafood prices dropped 1 percent year over year in June 2024, and 0.7 percent from May 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index.
By category, frozen seafood prices dropped 4.5 percent year over year in June, according to data analytics firms Circana and 210
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is planning to purchase USD 22 million (EUR 20 million) worth of Pacific rockfish and whiting (hake) from fishermen along the U.S. West Coast.
The USDA will buy USD 14 million (EUR 12 million) in West Coast whiting fillets and USD 8 million (EUR 7 million) in rockfish fillets, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), along with U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici
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Thai Union has claimed in a court filing that restaurant chain Red Lobster owes it, along with its subsidiary Tri-Union Frozen Products, which conducts business as Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods, nearly USD 3.7 million (EUR 3.4 million).
Thai Union, a longtime seafood supplier and former part-owner of Red Lobster, said in a filing to U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Orlando, Florida, that Red Lobster’s financial distress and “abrupt
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Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.-headquartered Acme Smoked Fish Corp. has acquired competing smoked fish brand Banner Smoked Fish.
Acme Managing Partner Adam Caslow said he is positive about a seafood industry turnaround in the second half of this year and the longtime smoked seafood supplier is open to additional acquisitions.
Brooklyn-based Acme did not disclose terms of the transaction but said in a press release that it has worked alongside Banner
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Zaandam, Netherlands-headquartered Ahold Delhaize will close 32 underperforming Stop & Shop supermarkets by the end of the year.
Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based Stop & Shop, owned by Ahold Delhaize, announced the closures in May and revealed the list of closures 12 July. They include five stores in the state of Connecticut, eight in Massachusetts, 10 in New Jersey, seven in New York, and two in Rhode Island. After the stores are
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Blue Star Foods is facing eviction from the recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility it acquired in 2021 via the acquisition of Taste of BC Aquafarms.
After finalizing the acquisition of Taste of BC Aquafarms, Blue Star Foods planned to raise steelhead trout in the facility. The company recently was granted a license extension renewal through 2033 covering white sturgeon, coho, and Chinook salmon, as well as rainbow trout, and had
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