Seafood industry news covering food service, seafood retail markets and seafood packaging.
By SeafoodSource staff
15 January, 2013
It has been a cheap and cheerful British favorite for more than a century — but now the price of fish and chips is soaring.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
15 January, 2013
In the era of large supermarkets and mass merchandisers, many independent fish markets are still flourishing. It seems that the successful mom-and-pop operators across the nation have a few qualities in common, helping them survive competition from grocery stores, large fish markets and other seafood retailers.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 January, 2013
Red Lobster has launched its first-ever Spanish-language ad campaign.
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14 January, 2013
Darren Tristano, executive VP of foodservice consulting firm Technomic, talks about the top seafood trends that we will see on restaurant menus in 2013.
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By SeafoodSource staff
14 January, 2013
Brooklyn, New York-based Acme Smoked Fish Corp. unveiled a new company
website, with a password-protected wholesaler portal and high-resolution
video.
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By SeafoodSource staff
14 January, 2013
Phillips Foods has announced the expansion of its retail sales team to spearhead its retail growth strategies for 2013 and beyond.
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By SeafoodSource staff
11 January, 2013
Even as multinational fast food chains like KFC report slower growth in China, seafood restaurant chains continue to expand, seeking a national presence.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
11 January, 2013
Despite Tesco’s potential plans to sell Fresh & Easy, earnings for the U.S. grocery chain rose over the holiday season.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 January, 2013
Spanish prices soared between 6 and 33 percent on seven species in the month up to Christmas Ev.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 January, 2013
High Liner Foods has announced the edition of two products to its Viking Natural Tilapia line.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 January, 2013
In his first quarterly earnings call as president and CEO of Ruby Tuesday, J.J. Buettgen said Wednesday the Maryville-based company would immediately shutter its Marlin & Ray’s and Wok Hay restaurants.
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By SeafoodSource staff
09 January, 2013
Rubios Restaurants — the U.S. -based chain known for its fish tacos — has added four grilled seafood options to its menu.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 January, 2013
Legal Sea Foods, the Boston-based chain with more than 30 restaurants up and down the East Coast, said it is about to open a snazzy replacement restaurant at a new location in Terminal C at Logan International Airport.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 January, 2013
If Peru wants to export more seafood products to the United States, it
must seek out American warehouse membership and supercenter stores,
according to the Trade and Investment Promotion Office of Peru, based in
Los Angeles.
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By SeafoodSource staff
07 January, 2013
Tokyo’s main fish market ushered in the new year with an auction on Saturday that resulted in the highest price paid here, and probably anywhere, for a tuna.
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By SeafoodSource staff
07 January, 2013
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P), has added a
new line of seafood to its new Great Atlantic Seafood Market, now
available in all its A&P, Superfresh, Pathmark and Waldbaum’s
stores.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
04 January, 2013
To provide alternatives for vegans and people with shellfish allergies, a U.S. food manufacturer has recently launched two new vegan seafood items.
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By SeafoodSource staff
04 January, 2013
American Pride Seafoods has appointed Ed Munson as director of foodservice sales.
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By Sean Murphy, SeafoodSource online editor
02 January, 2013
Chef Rick Moonen thinks menuing nontraditional species like barramundi and cobia will start to gain favor among restaurateurs in 2013. The National Restaurant Association's annual culinary forecast for 2013 includes "non-traditional seafood" as a trend.
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By Lauren Kramer, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Vancouver, British Columbia
28 December, 2012
Restaurants like Red Lobster turn to eGift cards instead of
plastic
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
28 December, 2012
Two consumer purchasing trends that will likely influence seafood sales
in 2013 include the growth of private label foods and Americans cooking
more at home.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
28 December, 2012
The seafood traceability program that Roche Bros. launched this fall gives the 18-store retailer an important point of differentiation in the competitive New England grocery market.
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
27 December, 2012
UK supermarkets are jumping on the technology trend by incorporating smartphone QR codes to help track in-store purchases and push product marketing.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
27 December, 2012
Most U.K. restaurants offer traditional turkey dinners during this holiday season, but this year many restaurants are bucking the trend and putting seafood, including lobster and other shellfish, on the menu as well.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
26 December, 2012
Tommy Bahama is the latest major U.S. retailer to feature seafood at
restaurants in its stores. The company’s new flagship store on Fifth
Avenue in Manhattan, which opens this week, includes a 6,700-square-foot
seafood-inspired eatery, Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar.
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