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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Consumer spending on Mother’s Day is projected to increase from the USD 33.5 billion (EUR 29.5 billion spent last year to USD 34.1 billion (EUR 30 billion) in 2025, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics annual survey.
“Mother's Day is an important holiday for many consumers, only surpassed by the winter holidays in terms of average spending,” NRF Vice President of Industry and
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U.S. tariffs are putting “enormous pressure” on independent restaurants, food producers, and the entire food supply chain, according to Independent Restaurant Coalition (IRC) Executive Director Erika Polmar.
“Unless something changes, the entire food supply chain – from field to kitchen to table – is at risk,” she said in a recent update to the coalition’s members.
The 125 percent tariffs the U.S.
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Keene, New Hampshire, U.S.A.-based wholesale grocery supplier C&S Wholesale Grocers announced it is planning to close one of its distribution centers in Baldwin, Florida, U.S.A., resulting in 490 job cuts, per Grocery Dive.
The closure comes after C&S was set to acquire around 600 stores if the merger between grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons came to pass. After the merger failed, C&S said it would lay off at least 76 employees at
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is asking for bids to sell it 232,000 pounds of domestic catfish for national food distribution programs.
Bids are due by 6 May on the raw, unbreaded catfish fillets and breaded catfish strips. Suppliers that earn the contracts will make deliveries between July and November 2025.
In early March, the USDA awarded USD 29.3 million (EUR 26 million) in domestic catfish contracts.
The agency also
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Sales of perishables have been “on fire” at BJ’s Wholesale Club, which operates 215 stores in 16 U.S. states, Chairman and CEO Bob Eddy said during a recent webinar.
Eddy detailed the results of the company’s “Fresh 2.0” transformation during the National Retail Federation’s State of Retail & the Consumer virtual event in early April.
Similar wholesale club giants Sam’s Club and
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A decline in traffic to U.S. restaurants – in part thanks to lower consumer confidence – impacted foodservice distributor Sysco’s fiscal third quarter sales and profits.
California wildfires and “significantly adverse weather” also had a negative impact on foot traffic to restaurants, Sysco Chair of the Board and CEO Kevin Hourican said.
As a result, the Houston, Texas, U.S.A.-based company’s U.S.
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In the wake of sweeping tariffs ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump, Walmart and Target told some Chinese suppliers to resume shipments to the U.S. after executives met with U.S. President Donald Trump last week – and major grocery chain Albertsons told suppliers it won’t accept tariff-related price hikes.
Two Chinese factories told CNN that Walmart and Target have resumed shipments, and the costs of the 145 percent import
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