Christine Blank

Contributing Editor

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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Published on
October 6, 2025

Online retailer Amazon, which recently ventured into fresh grocery and seafood delivery, has now introduced its own Amazon Grocery private label brand in the U.S.

Encompassing more than 1,000 “high quality” food items, the selection includes fresh meat and seafood, milk, produce, and pantry staples. Most products are priced under USD 5.00 (EUR 4.26), “offering exceptional value to customers,” Amazon said. The products

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October 3, 2025

U.S. sushi provider FujiSan has landed a major contract with Bentonville, Arkansas-based warehouse club chain Sam’s Club, which added Member’s Mark sushi in late September.

“The transition to Member’s Mark Sushi is about more than rebranding. It’s a step forward in how Sam’s Club brings chef-crafted, regionally inspired and member-driven products to life,” the company said in a press release.

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October 2, 2025

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.-based Giant Eagle is emphasizing the value and quality of its seafood as part of a new “Because it Matters” business strategy.

The operator of more than 200 grocery stores in the U.S. Northeast said it launched the strategy to reaffirm its commitment to “better everyday value, better quality and service, and a better overall shopping experience.” In a release, Giant Eagle said it is

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October 1, 2025

Aldi USA has announced all of its private-label brands, including its Fremont Fish Market line of products, will soon carry the Aldi name on their packaging

In its largest packaging refresh to date, the Batavia, Illinois, U.S.A.-based operator of more than 2,500 stores is putting its name on every product exclusive to Aldi and launching its first-ever namesake brand “to make its trusted private labels even more recognizable for

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September 30, 2025

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based Trident Seafoods has been in the pet supplements market for over a decade with its Alaska Naturals brand, but it has released a new brand that represents “a fresh chapter” for the firm, Trident Director of Business Development Analise Gonzales told SeafoodSource.

Trident’s new wellFURst brand features dog health products made from Alaska pollock and salmon, created to “deliver the fresh

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September 30, 2025

As part of a refresh across its entire frozen foods department, the U.K. stores of retailer Tesco have debuted several new seafood products under its own-label product line, along with a few new branded seafood items.

The Welwyn Garden City, U.K.-based retailer introduced 17 new product lines and revamped seven existing products across meat, fish, and poultry, the retailer said in a release.

Among the 15 new own-brand seafood SKUs are several

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September 29, 2025

To take advantage of holiday gifting and entertaining buying patterns, Echo Falls Seafood is officially launching its new wasabi salmon caviar flavor to U.S. retailers.

The Monroe, Washington, U.S.A.-based company, which rebranded as a standalone company last fall, first offered a sneak peek of the flavor at the 2025 Seafood Expo North America in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., earlier this year. 

Wasabi, though a unique flavor, appeals to

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September 24, 2025
One of the latest initiatives released under the banner of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) strategy could benefit the country’s seafood industry in the form of more government purchases for use in federal programs, as well as national promotion efforts. The updated Make Our Children Healthy Again strategy, released in early September following a 73-page report in May,… Read More
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September 24, 2025
The Maine lobster industry, along with e-commerce suppliers and restaurants, are promoting the crustacean during National Lobster Day on 25 September and Maine Lobster Week, which runs from 21-28 September. National Lobster Day honors the hardworking individuals who sustain Maine’s iconic… Read More
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September 23, 2025

Two new studies presented at the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers’ (GAPP) recent annual meeting revealed the economic importance of the Alaska pollock fishery on both the state’s and the country’s economies.

Research conducted by Northern Economics and the McKinley Research Group presented at the meeting – which took place in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. on 18 September – found that around 1.43 million

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