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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U.S.-based seafood-processing firms OBI Seafoods and Ocean Beauty Seafoods have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over paying employees late and underpaying them during mandatory quarantines instituted during the Covid-19 pandemic.
On 5 December, U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Washington Marsha J. Pechman signed an order forcing OBI and Ocean Beauty to pay USD 2.1 million (EUR 2 million) to class-action members and USD
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Based on actions taken by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s administration during his first term in office, some organizations are voicing concerns that he might try to alter and potentially weaken the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) after he takes office in January – which will in
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Several U.S. seafood companies are running holiday promotions this year, seeking to get a piece of an expected increase in consumer spending as the end of December approaches.
San Diego, California, U.S.A.-based canned seafood supplier Bumble Bee Seafoods is one such company, offering a singing tuna Advent calendar for the Christmas season.
The company, owned by Kaohsiung, Taiwan-based FCF Co., debuted the Tuna Lovers’ Advent Calendar last
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An investigation by SeaD Consulting claims to have uncovered “widespread misrepresentation” by restaurants in the U.S. state of Mississippi that mislabeled imported shrimp, in some cases claiming it was locally caught.
The test found varying levels of seafood mislabeling depending on shrimp species, as several restaurants claimed imported shrimp was actually Gulf white shrimp or added “royal” to Argentine red shrimp,
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Analysts have a bleak outlook for grocery sales in the U.K. this Christmas season as inflation remains high, but seafood analysts remain optimistic for the category as the holidays near.
Christmas season food sales are expected to incline 2.5 percent in the U.K. but decline 0.7 percent when adjusted for inflation, according to global consulting firm AlixPartners.
AlixPartners also found 21 percent of British consumers intend to spend less on
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Executives at Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S.A.-based Walmart expect the giant retail corporation to have a successful holiday season, basing their positive predictions on the increasing e-commerce and in-store sales the company has enjoyed all year long.
“Ahead of the peak shopping period, the nation’s largest retailer appears well-positioned, citing ‘broad-based strength’ across its product range,” the New York Times
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Retailers in the U.S. are vying to capitalize on an estimated increase in American grocery spending as the country's Thanksgiving holiday approaches.
Around 34 percent of U.S. consumers anticipate spending more on groceries for Thanksgiving this year, which will take place on 28 November, than normal – but those consumers said they're also not planning to cut back their purchases according to new Circana research.
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