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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Red Lobster has replaced its CEO and is exploring a bankruptcy filing.
After taking the reins of the Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.-based seafood restaurant chain in September 2023, Horace Dawson is retiring and will be replaced by Jonathan Tibus, the managing director of Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.-headquartered management consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal, according to the Orlando Business Journal.
Tibus is considered an expert in
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Sky-high grocery prices – brought about due to supply chain disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic – are persisting, and retailers may be price-gouging, according to a 22 March U.S. Federal Trade Commission report.
The report, “Feeding America in a Time of Crisis: FTC Staff Report on The United States Grocery Supply Chain and the COVID-19 Pandemic,” calls out the largest retailers for raising prices and limiting
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U.S. seafood inflation at retail continued to ease in February, and the start of the Lent season early in the month boosted sales of frozen and ambient seafood.
New U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index data showed fish and seafood prices dropped 3.9 percent year over year in February and 0.7 percent month over month.
Circana data analyzed by Lakeland, Florida, U.S.A.-based 210 Analytics backed up those statistics,
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San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.-headquartered grocery chain H-E-B recently completed a successful launch of its collaboration with Seafood Nutrition Partnership’s (SNP) “Fall in Love with Seafood” campaign.
As a result, the chain enjoyed a double-digit sales bump compared to the previous 12 weeks for seafood products featured in the campaign across its 420 stores, it revealed at a joint panel with SNP at Seafood Expo North America
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