The seafood department has undergone profound changes in the past 50 years, especially considering that few supermarkets even had fresh seafood until the late 1970s. Until then, retailers mostly sold fish in the frozen case or in a corner of the...
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets here recently introduced a private-label line of frozen seafood, according to information posted on its Web site. Each variety is individually quick-frozen and ready to thaw, cook and serve.flounder, grouper...
Retailers recognize that adding value to fresh seafood products represents the best chance to align the department with the opportunities found in the take-home meal category. However, adding value in the store has proven to be a complicated task...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Market hopes to educate customers about the importance of sustainable seafood as part of a monthlong promotion of wild Alaska salmon.The "Fish for Our Future" campaign -- developed in conjunction with the Seattle-based...
You'd never know we were in a recession by the number of restaurants that have opened in Chicago in the last year. Asian is the cuisine of the moment -- whether it's the brilliant fusions of Spring and Kevin, a surge of snazzy Thai spots or the...
BOSTON -- The seafood category is being transformed by increasingly higher margin demands from consolidated chains operating under the burden of stepped-up profit pressures.Such forces on the department will determine future development of the...
Perishables or perish: It's become the rallying cry for supermarkets trying to get their bearings as they head into the 21st century -- and the food retailing skirmishes that lie ahead. SN's interviews with retailers and consultants show where the...
PCC Creates Eco-Sensitive Seafood Programnounced it has finished implementing a program for stocking and selling environmentally responsible seafood in all seven stores. The community-owned chain joined with EcoFish, a wholesaler specializing in...
While looking through old issues of SN for information related to our 50th anniversary, I came across an article from June 1977. The in-depth report was called "Fresh Seafood: Some Hooked, Others Flounder." Photos show advertisements for live...
SEATTLE -- Central Market -- offering free cholesterol screening and free bone density testing in its seafood department -- is looking to help consumers make the connection between eating fish and staying healthy.Omega-3 fatty acids, found in high...