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
April 17, 2024
Less than a month after hiring a CEO that specializes in restructuring failing restaurant brands, struggling seafood restaurant chain Red Lobster is exploring bankruptcy. Executives with Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.-based Red Lobster, which operates around 650 restaurants globally, have been seeking advice from the Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.-based King & Spalding law firm as they consider filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Bloomberg reported. The news… Read More
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April 15, 2024

Seafood prices continued to decline in March 2024, but the drop is not yet translating to higher sales.

Frozen seafood sales fell 6.4 percent by volume and 5.7 percent by value to USD 870 million (EUR 819 million), and fresh seafood sales dropped 3.2 percent by volume and 4.6 percent by value to USD 819 million (EUR 771 million), according to Circana data analyzed by Lakeland, Florida, U.S.A.-based 210 Analytics. Only shelf-stable seafood sales

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April 15, 2024

Charles C. Foot, Jr., the former attorney general of Louisiana and a partner at the New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.-based law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, has initiated an investigation into Conagra Brands’ claims over the sustainability of its seafood. 

Conagra is one of the largest frozen food manufacturers in the U.S. and owns the Mrs. Paul’s and Van de Kamp’s frozen seafood brands, in addition to

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Published on
April 11, 2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program updated its rules to include more seafood. The program, which provides nutritious foods to more than six million women, infants, and children who are at risk of not getting enough nutritious food, will add six ounces of canned fish to food packages for all children up to four years of age, up from the previous rule of five… Read More
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April 9, 2024
Grocery giant Walmart will soon have to pay USD 45 million (EUR 41 million) to consumers as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit for the sale of weighted groceries – including seafood. The lawsuit, filed in October 2022, alleged Walmart overcharged shoppers for certain groceries that were sold by weight – including meat, poultry, pork, seafood, and certain fruits sold in bulk. While Walmart denied the allegations, it agreed last… Read More