Seafood industry news covering food service, seafood retail markets and seafood packaging.
21 December, 2012
Steven Johnson, grocerant guru at Foodservice Solutions, talks about the supermarkets with successful seafood meals-to-go and reveals how Amazon Fresh's new project will impact seafood restaurants and retailers.
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By SeafoodSource staff
21 December, 2012
Darden Restaurants reported a 37 percent drop in net earnings per share
in its second quarter results, in part due to a decline in profits at
the company’s Red Lobster and LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants.
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By Anthony Fletcher, contributing editor
21 December, 2012
Venice may be overrun by tourists, but you can still find authentic Venetian seafood a stone’s throw from the center.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
20 December, 2012
With the holidays fast approaching, and the end of the year fast approaching afterward, U.S. seafood retailers are now starting their annual year-end promotions.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 December, 2012
The National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF) announced the launch of iFish4Chips, a smartphone app for the public to download and fish and chip shops to promote.
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By SeafoodSource staff
12 December, 2012
Ora King salmon products, first introduced locally by New Zealand’s King Salmon Company, are now available in the United States.
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By SeafoodSource staff
11 December, 2012
Chicken of the Sea has hired Perpetual Licensing, a New York and Los
Angeles-based brand licensing agency, to help with the company’s plan to
expand into other food and non-food offerings.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 December, 2012
A national anti-seafood fraud organization has criticized a Boston Globe investigation into mislabeled seafood in restaurants as unfairly blaming a supplier that is not the culprit.
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By SeafoodSource staff
07 December, 2012
Acme Smoked Fish Corporation, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based maker of smoked
fish and pickled herring products, has introduced a new smoked fish dip
for retail sale.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
07 December, 2012
Foodservice sales in convenience stores continue to rise, and some of those dollars are going to seafood meals.
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By Anthony Fletcher, contributing editor
06 December, 2012
The sovereign debt crisis has had a greater impact on Greece that almost anywhere and things were made even harder for restaurateurs after the government’s recent decision to raise the value-added tax rates on seafood.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 December, 2012
The economic crisis hasn’t been kind to Europe’s retail industry. A declining grocery market, forged by a record drop in consumers’ disposable incomes, has chipped away at the bottom lines of many supermarkets. But there is new cause for optimism on the seafood market.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 December, 2012
Tesco has announced it is likely to exit the United States after a review of its Fresh & Easy stores, which have struggled financially since its debut in 2007.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 December, 2012
The National Restaurant Association has released the results of its “What’s Hot in 2013” survey, and seafood appears twice in the top ten and again in the top 20.
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By SeafoodSource staff
04 December, 2012
The aroma is reminiscent of roasted nuts, mushy peas and starchy vegetables, while the complex flavors include “sweet ocean,” “egg white” and “buttery.”
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By SeafoodSource staff
04 December, 2012
Darden Restaurants Inc. is cutting its profit forecast for the year, with the owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster blaming failed promotions and negative publicity generated by its tests to limit health care costs for workers.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 December, 2012
American Pride Seafoods, based in New Bedford, Mass., has named Tim
Benevelli its newest regional sales manager, responsible for east coast
foodservice business development.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
03 December, 2012
Seafood is being featured much more significantly in U.K. restaurants, and experts expect that trend to continue in 2013.
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By SeafoodSource staff
30 November, 2012
Verlasso, AquaChile’s brand of “harmoniously raised” salmon, has announced a partnership with a Denver-based seafood distributor Northeast Seafood.
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By Lauren Kramer, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Vancouver, British Columbia
28 November, 2012
When was the last time you ordered seafood in a restaurant? According to the latest biennial foodservice survey by SeaFood Business magazine, many restauranteurs are finding it tougher to keep seafood on the menu, let alone get diners to dig in.
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27 November, 2012
Maurice Abboudi, president of K10 Modern Japanese Cuisine in London, talks about the competitive U.K. sushi restaurant market and expansion plans. K10 recently received a significant investment from a former CEO of Wagamama.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 November, 2012
London-based seafood supplier, Southbank Fresh Fish, has launched a strategy that aims to cut through a lot of the misinformation that surrounds sustainable seafood to help chefs and caterers ensure the products they are sourcing are sustainable.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
20 November, 2012
While turkey is still the Thanksgiving staple for many Americans, not
all consumers seek turkey on the special day and restaurants still keep
seafood as a holiday option.
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19 November, 2012
Edward Garner, director of Kantar Worldpanel, London, shares new market
performance data on the leading U.K. supermarket chains and reveals the
grocers' new seafood initiatives.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 November, 2012
The government knew of the slave-like conditions on foreign fishing
boats here for eight years but was unwilling to do anything, an official
investigator says.
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