Christine Blank

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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Higher prices on shrimp, as well as cod, crab, and other species, hindered seafood sales at U.S. retail stores in September.

Fresh seafood prices rose 3.7 percent in the month, led by a nearly 8 percent jump in shellfish prices, according to Circana data analyzed by Lakeland, Florida, U.S.A.-based 210 Analytics.

By species, fresh shrimp prices rose 12.2 percent in the month to USD 8.92 (EUR 7.68) per pound on average. Salmon prices only

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U.S. restaurant operators who have faced various economic pressures all year long are now dealing with complications arising from the U.S. government shutdown.

An extended government shutdown creates “needless economic uncertainty for millions of working families, which impacts how much they can support local small businesses,” National Restaurant Association (NRA) President and CEO Michelle Korsmo told SeafoodSource.

The small

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Recife, Brazil-based Noronha Pescados has had to shift its salmon and shrimp suppliers due to U.S. tariffs on imports soon after introducing its Popeye Seafood brand to the U.S.

Noronha Pescados introduced Popeye Seafood at Seafood Expo North America (SENA) in Boston, Massachusetts, in March 2025 and told SeafoodSource at the time that the brand generated significant interest from U.S. grocery buyers.

Now, however, the company said it has been

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Razzoo’s Inc., which operates Razzoo’s Cajun Cafe, has filed for bankruptcy in a move it said reflects the restaurant industry’s ongoing financial challenges as other U.S. seafood-focused restaurant chains continue to expand and benefit from shifting consumer spending habits.

In its bankruptcy filing in the U.S. District Court of Southern Texas, Addison, Texas, U.S.A.-based Razzoo’s said it owes USD 3.1 million (EUR 2.6

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