News Summary September 8, 2020
Today's Top Story: King Crab Finds Success at Retail
With the closure or curtailment of most food service operations and online ordering, seafood marketers this year have been challenged to find other ways to move product. Not many carryout restaurants serve king crab or snow crab, so retail is the market of choice. The level of support at retail supermarkets and club stores for king crab and snow crab has been remarkable. Product flew through the system and we found that 62,268,393 lbs. of Canadian snow crab alone were imported during the three month period of May through July. King crab volumes, of course, are much lower, but also gained significant support from retail...
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