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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Menu price hikes at U.S. restaurants continue to make consumers wary about eating out, especially as economic concerns like inflation remain front of mind for many Americans.
Those concerns led to unpredictable restaurant traffic this summer – a season which restaurants usually count on for upticks in foot traffic – and resulted in lower-than-expected earnings across the restaurant industry, including at many establishments that
… Read MoreRed Lobster announced its exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 16 September after gaining the newly created RL Investor Holdings as its new owner and officially appointing Damola Adamolekun as CEO.
RL Investor Holdings is an entity created by funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group, alongside co-investors TCW Private Credit and Blue Torch. With the company taking over as the chain’s new owner, Red Lobster has
… Read MoreSales of frozen and fresh seafood declined at U.S. retail stores in August, continuing a tough summer for the categories.
Declines in seafood prices have occurred all summer at retail, which led to sales gains in some niche categories in June and July, but prices in fresh and frozen rose slightly in August, leading to a corresponding dip in sales, according to 210 Analytics Principal Anne-Marie Roerink in a recent U.S. Retail Seafood Performance
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