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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Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.-based restaurant chain TGI Fridays is rolling out Krispy Rice sushi offerings at more than 140 locations, capitalizing on an increasingly popular foodservice and retail trend across the U.S.
The operator of more than 700 restaurants globally, TGI Fridays’ new deal, stemming from a partnership with Miami, Florida, U.S.A.-based culinary and digital technology integration company C3, which has Krispy Rice as a client,
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Bucksport, Maine, U.S.A.-based Greenhead Lobster Products is recalling all frozen and refrigerated cooked lobster meat products produced from 9 May through 19 October 2023, due to the potential for the product to be contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes.
The lobster products, the company said, were directly distributed to Maine and New Hampshire and then sold nationwide through wholesale distributers and online via e-commerce.
The recalled
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based Legal Sea Foods has relocated its headquarters to the Boston Fish Pier and announced its intentions to open a 30,000-square-foot innovation center in early 2024, both of which will bolster Legal’s physical restaurant expansion and its growing e-commerce business.
When PPX Hospitality Brands, which operates the Smith & Wollensky and Strega Italiano restaurant chains, purchased Legal Sea Foods in 2020
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U.S. seafood sales continued to drop in September, but one grocery chain has defied these trends and is realizing high sales – particularly on crab and farmed salmon – with its new National Seafood Month promotions expected to further hike profits across its fresh and frozen seafood departments.
Downers Grove, Illinois, U.S.A.-based Fresh Thyme Market, which operates 70 stores across the U.S. Midwest region, saw an impressive 390
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Denny’s is one of several U.S. restaurant chains offering seafood specials for National Seafood Month in October, while others are promoting new fish and shrimp entrees for the entire fall season.
Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S.A.-based Denny’s is partnering with Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP) and its new “Fall in Love with Seafood” campaign to offer wild salmon supplied by Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based Trident
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking to buy 5.96 million pounds of frozen catfish fillets for use in domestic food distribution programs and is asking the seafood industry to submit bids.
This is the department’s third major catfish purchase in 2023, following the purchase of 6.2 million pounds of unbreaded catfish fillets that totaled USD 41.8 million (EUR 38 million) in March.
At that time, the USDA awarded six contracts
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Grocery inflation continues to fall in the U.S., but its overarching impact has led to a consistent downturn in consumer spending, and that trend is likely to continue into the holiday season, according to major food manufacturers, retailers, and consultants.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.-based Conagra, which produces frozen seafood brands Van de Kamp’s and Mrs. Paul’s – along with other major food brands such as Healthy Choice and
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The Bristol Bay Native Corporation and the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association are getting a higher profile for Alaskan seafood at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Timed with the Seattle Kraken’s first home game of the season on 17 October – a National Hockey League franchise that plays at the arena – BBNC’s Bristol Bay Wild Market is opening in a new, more prominent location in the
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U.K. grocery inflation has fallen to its lowest rate since July 2022, according to grocery research firm Kantar, as grocery chains nationwide continue to lower prices – including Aldi, the latest retailer to announce a fresh round of price cuts.
Kantar reported that food inflation in the U.K. fell for the seventh month in a row to 11 percent in September, but some research firms like the British Retail Consortium reported it plunged all
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U.S. fresh, frozen, and shelf-stable seafood sales at retail stores all declined in September despite price deflation among seafood categories.
Fresh seafood prices dropped 1 percent in September, but sales slid 6.6 percent to USD 408 million (EUR 385 million) in the period. Shelf-stable prices fell even more, declining 2.9 percent in September, but the category also saw a decrease in sales, dipping 4.4 percent to USD 206 million (EUR 195
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