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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Years after U.K. grocery chains Sainsbury’s and Tesco took out their fish counters, Morrisons is following suit by eliminating fish counters in 35 of its stores.
The Bradford, U.K.-based grocery chain is also closing 35 meat counters, 52 cafes, all 18 of its market kitchens, 17 convenience stores, 13 florists, and four pharmacies over the next few months.
“A wide-ranging review identified a number of areas where the costs of
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Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.-based Darden Restaurants and foodservice distributors like Houston, Texas, U.S.A.-based Sysco are reporting higher sales, but the restaurant industry has expressed long-term concerns about the impact of U.S. tariffs against Canada, Mexico, the E.U., and more.
Restaurant operator Darden said its total sales increased 6.2 percent year over year to USD 3.2 billion (EUR 3 billion) in its fiscal third quarter of 2025, which
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After announcing earlier this month it would slash around 200 jobs, Leeds, U.K.-based grocery chain Asda announced it is also cutting around 6,000 stock keeping units (SKUs) over the next year.
The operator of 580 supermarkets, nearly 500 convenience stores, and around 770 gas stations across the U.K., Asda recently reported that its like-for-like sales – excluding fuel – declined 3.4 percent year over year in the fourth quarter of
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