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February turned out to be an interesting month in terms of the retail market. Sales of chilled salmon increased by 7.8% year on year in terms of volume. The value […] Continue Reading
Young’s adds a touch of spice to salmon
Young’s Seafood is bringing a touch of Asian spice to salmon. The company has introduced a new product to its chilled range with the launch of its “Red Thai Infused […] Continue Reading
Asda launches digital farmed seafood map
ASDA has become the latest major UK retailer to launch a digital seafood map setting out the complete supply chain of both the farmed and wild caught fish it sells […] Continue Reading
Fish Update Briefing, Friday, October 12
LEROY PREDICTS LOWER Q3 HARVEST LERØY Seafood Group has forecast lower harvest volumes for the third quarter of this year. In its latest trading update, the Norwegian fishing and aquaculture […] Continue Reading
Grimsby firm boosts New England sales
NEW England Seafood International has heaped praise on its Grimsby acquisition which took it into white fish processing and has helped to dramatically push up sales. The Chessington, Surrey, based […] Continue Reading
Young’s buys site for Grimsby expansion
YOUNG’S Seafood is thought to have spent more than £1 million buying a 13-acre site in Grimsby in readiness for future expansion in the town. The land is a former […] Continue Reading
Young's set to lose £30m Asda contract
THE seemingly endless merry-go-round of winning and losing major fish contracts took a new turn last night with news that Young’s Seafood is poised to lose a £30 million contract […] Continue Reading
Lidl joins seafood disclosure project
THE retailer Lidl has become the first major discounter to publish a full public profile list of all the sources of its wild caught seafood on the Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP) website. […] Continue Reading
Sainsbury's top sustainable seafood retailer
SAINSBURY’S was today named the ‘best sustainable seafood supermarket in the world’ in a league table published by the Marine Stewardship Council. The annual MSC Supermarket League rates British supermarkets on their […] Continue Reading