U.S. retail seafood sales rebounded in January after a drop in December 2024, with the frozen, fresh, and shelf-stable categories all posting sales increases, according to new data.
Partially driven by New Year’s Day falling on a Wednesday, much of December’s holiday sales moved into Circana’s January reporting. That shift contributed to the December decline and the January increase, Anne-Marie Roerink, principal at Lakeland, Florida, U.S.A.-based 210 Analytics, which analyzed the Circana data, told SeafoodSource.
Additionally, certain species like shrimp and lobster had a significant sales lift in January, Roerink said.
Overall fresh seafood sales increased 2.7 percent to USD 817 million (EUR 780 million) by value, and sales by volume rose 0.5 percent. Buoyed by more favorable pricing, fresh shrimp sales climbed 11.4 percent by value and 13.6 percent by pounds, while lobster sales shot up nearly 24 percent by value and nearly 4 percent by units.
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