Americans concerned about the economy, as well as those who heavily prepared for hurricanes Helene and Milton and the ultimately short-lived U.S. East Coast dockworkers’ strike, helped boost shelf-stable seafood sales at U.S. retail stores in the third quarter of this year, according to new data.
“There was lots of stocking-up behavior in September and early October, especially in the Southeast [region of the U.S.]. Canned seafood is one of the items that people buy to accommodate any power outages,” 210 Analytics Principal Anne-Marie Roerink told SeafoodSource.
Roerink recently presented new data from research firm Circana during a 29 October webinar titled “Seafood in U.S. Retail Q3 2024” and said that continued financial pressure on consumers – whether actual or perceived – also led to the hike in...
