Why Rappahannock Oyster Company is Shipping Chesapeake Oysters to China
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Washingtonian] BY JESSICA SIDMAN - September 29, 2017
Rappahannock Oyster Company's Olde Salts and Stingrays are all over DC-area restaurant menus. Lesser known is that their Chesapeake Bay bivalves have been showing up at swanky hotel buffets in Hong Kong for more than a decade. Now that they’ve tested out the logistics, the Virginia-based seafood company is looking to work with bigger distributors and increase its exports to Asia at least ten-fold in the coming years.
Rappahannock co-founders Travis and Ryan Croxton see an opportunity in the burgeoning middle class throughout Asia. France has already tapped into the market. So has West ...
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