Christine Blank

Global retailer Amazon has laid off 14,000 corporate employees and may eventually cut as many as 30,000 in the near future. If the cuts eventually reach 30,000, they would represent nearly 10 percent of Amazon’s 350,000 global corporate employees, according to Reuters. In the first round of 7,500 cuts, the majority of impacted positions were in Amazon’s retail sector, spanning e-commerce, logistics, and human resources, per Business… Read More

Trident Seafoods, Thunder Catch, and other seafood suppliers were among the winners of the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation’s (AFDF) 2025 Alaska Symphony of Seafood competition. The annual event, held this year on 23 October in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., recognizes excellence in seafood product development, specifically honoring innovative, value-added products that reflect the state of Alaska’s commitment to quality and… Read More

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.-based retail chain Target said it is cutting 1,800 corporate jobs, following similar moves made by retailers Walmart and Kroger earlier this year. The job cuts, announced via a memo from the company’s incoming CEO Michael Fiddelke, represent around 8 percent of Target’s corporate workforce, per CNBC, which quoted a company spokesperson confirming the eliminated roles are a combination of about 1,000 employee… Read More

Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.-based restaurant chain Long John Silver’s (LJS) is shifting its marketing efforts to focus on both seafood and chicken, rather than placing a heavy focus on seafood alone. The operator of over 500 restaurants across the U.S. has revealed a redesigned logo that turns its signature fish illustration into a stylized chicken. “Guests have been telling us for years that our chicken is a best-kept secret,” LJS Senior… Read More

U.S. grocery company Southeastern Grocers has announced it will rebrand as The Winn-Dixie Company in early 2026 and sell off some of its Winn-Dixie and Harvey’s stores in the process. The new brand will have a renewed focus on its home state of Florida, as well as the southern portion of neighboring Georgia, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.-based Southeastern Grocers said in a release. It will operate 270 stores total, comprising 130 grocery… Read More

Aldi UK has launched a new Live Healthy logo that will accompany its products that contribute to a healthy, balanced diet, including seafood. The new logo highlights products that align with a healthy diet as defined by the U.K.’s Eatwell Guide and also aims to help the company achieve its goal of generating 85 percent of its sales from healthy products by 2027. The Live Healthy logo will roll out on selected own-label products at more than… Read More

Handy Seafood and Acme Smoked Fish recently launched products into U.S. retail stores that align with growing consumer preferences for Asian fusion food. “We are seeing an increase in younger generations with seafood sales due to innovative and regional/ethnic flavors,” Handy Director of Marketing Maureen Johnson told SeafoodSource, adding that there has been a particularly “strong trend for fusion foods that combine different ethnic… Read More

Restaurant operator Landry’s Restaurant Group has steadily closed Joe’s Crab Shack, McCormick & Schmick’s, and Oceanaire Seafood Room locations this year, in some cases replacing them with other restaurant concepts.

The Houston, Texas, U.S.A.-based company operates more than 500 restaurants, including Morton’s The Steakhouse and Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

At one time, Joe’s Crab Shack had nearly 150 restaurants

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U.S. grocery and restaurant chains are aiming to boost seafood sales by running promotions centered on National Seafood Month in October.

After running a successful promotion last year, Lakeland, Florida, U.S.A.-based grocery chain Publix is ramping up its “Fall in Love with Seafood” promotion this year in partnership with the Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP). The promotion includes increased usage of seafood imagery in stores and

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Amid high inflation and ahead of negotiations on the U.K.’s Autumn Budget, Tesco CEO Ken Murphy has urged the U.K. government to not “make it harder” for the grocery sector to keep prices as low as possible for customers.

“As a food retailer, we operate in a very competitive and tough environment, and I think our one ask is don’t make it harder for the industry to deliver great value for customers,” Murphy

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