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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Despite continued decline in grocery inflation rates, several U.K. supermarket chains are asking suppliers to lower their prices.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will likely buy lots more Alaska pollock in 2024, according to Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers CEO Craig Morris.
In a new solicitation, the USDA is seeking to buy 815,600 pounds of pollock, including 435,000 pounds of frozen bulk fish and 380,000 pounds of frozen breaded Alaska pollock fillets.
Bids must be submitted by 14 November 2023 and acceptances will be announced by midnight on 27 November. Deliveries
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Blue Circle Foods is launching a line of miniature salmon sausages with an eye to holiday parties and entertaining, and is also planning to launch a new hot smoked sockeye salmon early next year.
The Washington, D.C., U.S.A.-based company is partnering with Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.A.-based Spicewalla to launch Chili Lime Salmon Shorties. The miniature salmon sausages – about an inch and a half long – bring a “retro
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As part of an overall campaign to offer budget-friendly foods this holiday season, Aldi U.S. is touting several new and existing fresh, frozen, and shelf-stable seafood items.
Batavia, Illinois, U.S.A.-based Aldi U.S. said it is bringing in 350 festive food offerings including over 70 new items with the majority priced under USD 10.00 (EUR 9.41). It is expanding its meat and seafood offerings this season with a variety of new products, like
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Aussie Grill by Outback, the first fast-casual restaurant chain in the U.S. to serve steak via drive-thru, is also featuring several seafood dishes
Aussie Grill, which has 91 locations across the U.S., is operated by Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.-based Bloomin’ Brands, owner of the Outback Steakhouse and Bonefish Grill restaurant brands.
Aussie Grill is currently featuring several shrimp dishes that can be ordered via drive-thru, Aussie
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As Walmart and Amazon continue to battle for their share of Americans’ grocery purchases, both appear poised to capture significant grocery and seafood sales in the near future.
Walmart, which operates more than 4,600 stores in the U.S., invested more than USD 9 billion (EUR 8.5 billion) in the past two years to upgrade 1,400 U.S. stores across the country. The retailer celebrated the re-grand opening of 117 stores across the U.S. in late
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning about certain oysters from Fanny Bay, British Columbia, Canada-based Taylor Shellfish Canada, which operates as Fanny Bay Oysters.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) notified the FDA that Taylor Fanny Bay Oysters (BC 0773 SP,WS) issued a voluntary recall of live oysters due to Vibrio parahaemolyticus test results.
The affected oysters were shipped to two distributors in the U.S. states of
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Edmonds, Washington, U.S.A.-based Alaskan Leader Seafoods is steadily building a domestic market for black cod, capitalizing on increased availability and more affordable prices for the premium fish while it introduces the product to retail stores and restaurants across the country.
The quota allowance for Alaskan black cod has been steadily on the rise since 2019 with a “very healthy biomass,” Alaskan Leader Vice President of Sales
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Predictions on how much consumers in the U.K. will spend on groceries this holiday season are mixed.
U.K. research firm GlobalData said it expects consumers to spend more on food and non-food items in the fourth quarter, driving spending up 3.4 percent to GBP 109.7 billion (USD 133.5 billion, EUR 123 billion).
While spending will be higher, it is barely half of the 6.2 percent growth achieved last holiday season, when people were able
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As part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-sponsored trade mission to Southeastern Asia, Alaska pollock will be showcased in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Singapore this week.
The Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) Chief Executive Craig Morris, USDA Under-Secretary for Trade Alexis Taylor, and other commodity marketing association leaders “will work to explore new opportunities for wild Alaska pollock in these
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