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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A grouper sandwich in the U.S. state of Florida has become the focal point of the latest public debate on U.S. inflation.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently called out the price of a grouper sandwich when visiting a restaurant in Santa Rosa Beach, using it as an example of skyrocketing food costs in general.
“I’m looking at this sign: USD 32 (EUR 27) for a grouper sandwich. [They] are definitely getting those tourists to pony
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Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.-based restaurant chain Red Lobster, which operates more than 500 locations around the globe, is continuing to implement turnaround efforts to grow its revenue post-bankruptcy.
As the summer rolls along, its newest efforts include promoting its seasonal Crabfest deal and launching a new catering service.
For the first time ever, the chain’s summer Crabfest deal is featuring a seafood boil. The Mariner’s Boil
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Portland, Maine, U.S.A.-based Cousins Maine Lobster continues to expand across the U.S., hoping to reach 100 locations nationwide by the end of 2025.
The operator of both brick-and-mortar restaurants and food trucks recently opened a unit in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A., marking its 85th unit, the company said. The Grand Rapids opening further extends its reach in the state of Michigan westward from Detroit.
Farther south, Cousins relaunched
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.-headquartered retail chain Target is hosting its first ever Wellness Innovation Summit, in which it aims to find new and trending wellness food, beverage, and nutrition products – including seafood items – to place on the shelves of its nearly 2,000 locations across the country.
Target is open to seafood vendors as long as they meet the standards of its Target Forward Seafood Sustainability commitment,
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U.K. grocery chain Morrisons has committed to phasing out the sourcing of shrimp slaughtered through eyestalk ablation.
Following negotiations with the International Council for Animal Welfare (ICAW), Bradford, U.K.-based Morrisons will phase out such methods as eyestalk ablation and suffocation in ice slurry for 100 percent of its prawn sales by 2027.
Similarly, U.K. supermarket chain Co-op committed to phase out the practices in March after
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The sales of Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.-based restaurant operating firm Darden Restaurants soared in its fourth fiscal quarter of 2025, but its Fine Dining segment, which includes such chains as The Capital Grille and Eddie V’s Prime Seafood, took a hit in the period.
The company’s total sales in the quarter surged 10.6 percent year over year to USD 3.3 billion (EUR 2.9 billion), driven largely by a blended same-restaurant sales
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After being sold in early June to a U.S. investment firm, Willenhall, U.K.-headquartered grocery chain Poundland has announced that it plans to close up to 150 stores and two distribution centers.
Poundland, the operator of around 850 stores in the U.K and Ireland prior to the anticipated closures, was sold for the “nominal” sum of GBP 1.00 (USD 1.35, EUR 1.17) to Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based Gordon Brothers and revealed soon
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