BOSTON -- Case-ready products and eco-labeling are among the hot topics experts predict will be the talk of the aisles at this week's International Boston Seafood Show at the Hynes Convention Center.While both topics stand to open up fresh...
A growing number of retailers are taking a fresh look at their seafood departments, following a boost in consumer interest and a flurry of federally approved health claims promoting the category.Tidyman's, of Greenacres, Wash., is among those...
Fresh still wins the popularity contest among typical seafood purveyors. However, more quality-conscious retailers around the country are accepting, even promoting, frozen seafood as the number of high-quality products increases and consumers...
WASHINGTON -- Retailers have received a valuable reminder that they shouldn't rely on government regulations to protect the quality of the seafood that they're buying, and selling to consumers.A scathing, just-released criticism of the Food & Drug...
Salmon sales are jumping and retailers are catching hold of the fish's popularity to increase their top and bottom lines.Supermarkets across the country are hooking into fresh salmon in a number of ways. They're spiffing up case merchandising...
The in-store presentation of fresh foods took impressive steps forward in 2000, helped along by improved packaging, better fixtures, more service and customer interaction, product sampling and a renewed emphasis on freshness. It's an exciting time...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new study indicates that 70% of consumers polled would "prefer to purchase" eco-labeled seafood products -- even if it means paying more.d processors to source from fisheries that adhere to practices that protect species...
DALLAS -- The American Heart Association here has for the first time specifically recommended eating two servings of fish weekly -- particularly fish high in Omega 3 fatty acids such as salmon -- and retailers are enthusiastic about how that...
WASHINGTON -- A report citing seafood as the single biggest cause of foodborne illness is making waves throughout the seafood industry.The 52-page report, "Outbreak Alert! Closing the Gaps in Our Federal Food-Safety Net," compiled by the Center...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaskan Salmon joined Western Australia Rock Lobster as the latest fishery to be certified sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council, the London-based nonprofit organization which launched the "Fish Forever" environmental...