Santa Bremor plans turnaround of Russian Sea brand leader
Santa Bremor says it is working on integrating the loss-making Russian Sea Company this year, with aim to grow organically for now
Pescanova competitors frustrated as retailers hold fast
Rumors are rife over who might take over surimi and shrimp contracts, but Pescanova’s largest customer is not giving any sign of wanting to change supplier, sources told Undercurrent News
Nissui reports $50m annual loss
World’s second largest seafood company in turnover, Nippon Suisan Kaisha, slides into red with loss in year ending March 31, 2013
Yen devaluation hits Maruha Nichiro US subsidiary Westward
Sales of surimi and roe to Japan suffering on devaluation of the yen for US division of Japanese group, with roe quality and surimi inventories compounding the problem
Japanese surimi prices settled for A season
US packers and Japanese buyers have virtually wound up price negotiations over DAP pollock surimi for A season, with import prices for Japan showing the first fall in three years
Surimi giant invests €20m in two very different plants
Lithuanian surimi group invests €10m plant to produce dim sum dumplings and another €10m in plant for whitefish processing
Surimi producer rolls out pasteurized tuna range, ‘made in Europe’
Fanticrab has high hopes for new pouch range for secondary sector, which it says is first of its kind
French surimi sales dip 4% in 2012
But nearly 70% of households bought surimi in 2010, corresponding to average of 2.9 kilos per household a year
Fleury Michon’s Q1 surimi sales drop
The French surimi and ready-to-eat food producer saw sales of the seafood product dip in a market which also decreased
Sources: Pacific Andes planning to process Russian pollock on Lafayette
Company is said to be booking pollock, salmon and surimi machines to be installed onboard its Russian-flagged mothership Lafayette, before the end of October