Chris Chase is the Portland, Maine-based associate editor of SeafoodSource. Previously, he worked covering local issues at the Coastal Journal in Bath, Maine, where he won multiple awards from the Maine Press Association for his news coverage and food reviews. Chris is a graduate of the University of Maine, and got his start in writing by serving as a reporter and later the State Editor of The Maine Campus, an award-winning campus newspaper.
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Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada-based High Liner Foods reported a significant drop in sales but an increase in earnings as the company normalized its inventory in the first quarter of 2024.
In its Q1 2024 results, High Liner revealed its sales volume decreased to 67 million pounds, a drop of 13 percent, or 10 million pounds, from the 77 million pounds recorded in Q1 2023. Sales value decreased as well, dropping to USD 277 million (EUR 254
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ADRD Investments, the United Kingdom-based parent company of Sykes Seafood, reported that its 2023 profit before tax took a hit from higher interest rates, inflationary pressures, and exchange rates.
The company, which supplies chilled and frozen seafood across the U.K. and Europe and operates Sykes Seafood, Big Prawn Co., and Klaas Puul – via an acquisition by Sykes in 2019 – posted GBP 347.7 million (USD 437.8 million, EUR
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Luke’s Lobster is taking on lobster processing for Inland Lobster, both companies have confirmed to SeafoodSource.
Luke’s Lobster first opened its own seafood purchasing and production business in Saco, Maine, U.S.A. in 2013, has been expanding steadily and operates restaurants across the U.S. Inland Lobster is a division of Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.-based Inland Foods, which recently rebranded from Inland Seafoods.
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