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    U.S. sales of canned seafood up 9.9% in August

    • Last Update: 2022-10-02
    • Source: Internet
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    American frozen seafood
     
    According to the latest data from 210 Analytics and IRI Worldwide, fresh seafood sales fell 6.
    1 percent to $504 million in August, and frozen seafood sales fell 3.
    6 percent to $530 million, while sales of canned seafood rose 5.
    3 percent to $213 million
    .
    Sales of canned goods
     
    In August, prices of canned seafood continued to grow for the seventh consecutive month, with sales up 8%
    from August 2019.
     
    The price of canned seafood rose 9.
    9% in August compared to August 2021, with an average price of $
    2.
    06.
     
    The price of frozen seafood rose 11.
    6% in August, with an average unit price of $10.
    67, while the price of fresh seafood rose 9.
    3% to an average unit price of $
    9.
    13.
     
    Chris DuBois, executive vice president of IRI and head of protein practice in the Americas, said inflation was particularly impacting fresh seafood, with fresh seafood prices rising 10 percent
    in the 13 weeks to Aug.
    8.
    Compared with the same period last year, sales of fresh seafood fell by 10.
    5% and sales fell by 19.
    1%.
     
    Salmon is the star product in fresh seafood, and despite a 15% increase in prices, salmon sales rose 7.
    5% and sales fell by only 7.
    1%
    in the quarter.
    Chris DuBois said salmon is increasingly becoming the focus of retailers' leaflets, which is a highlight
    that attracts consumers' attention to fish.
     
    In August, Chris DuBois noted that the biggest declines in sales were fresh tilapia (down 20.
    3%), seafood pies (down 15.
    3%), shrimp (down 15.
    4%), crab (down 12.
    8%) and lobster (down 6.
    9%)
    .
     
    Consumers have also changed the way they shop because of inflation, with U.
    S.
    consumers seeing a $8.
    5 billion decline in total online grocery sales in August, a drop of just 1%,
    according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey conducted on August 29-30, 2022.
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