The unprecedented disruption of seafood sales caused by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic a year ago is catching up to year-on-year sales figures.
While fresh seafood sales soared in March thanks to the early Easter holiday, frozen and shelf-stable sales dropped, compared to the huge pandemic stock-up buying spike of 2020, according to data provided to SeafoodSource.
Fresh seafood sales climbed 13.3 percent to USD 548 million (EUR 459 million), compared to March 2020, according to IRI and 210 Analytics data sponsored by Elanco. Frozen sales dropped 12.6 percent to USD 591 million (EUR 495 million) and shelf-stable seafood sales plummeted 52.7 percent to USD 204 million (EUR 171 million)…