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Seafood Markets & Trends

Seafood Markets & Trends. John Pollock Director of Merchandising - Seafood SYSCO Corporation Houston, Texas, USA. 2.50%. 2.00%. 1.50%. Aug. 1.00%. Sep. Oct. 0.50%. Nov. 0.00%. -0.50%. CPI - All Goods. CPI - Food at Home. CPI - Food Away from. Home. U.S. Economy

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Seafood Markets & Trends

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  1. Seafood Markets & Trends John Pollock Director of Merchandising - Seafood SYSCO Corporation Houston, Texas, USA

  2. 2.50% 2.00% 1.50% Aug 1.00% Sep Oct 0.50% Nov 0.00% -0.50% CPI - All Goods CPI - Food at Home CPI - Food Away from Home U.S. Economy % change vs. prior year Source: Technomic

  3. 65 60 55 % of each food dollar to Foodservice 50 % of each food dollar to Retail 45 40 35 77 81 95 99 72 73 74 75 76 78 79 80 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 96 97 98 00 01 02* Meals Prepared Away From Home CY02 Projection 50.2% 49.8% Source: Technomic * Projected

  4. 20022003 Restaurants and Bars 3.4% 3.7% Retails Hosts 2.5% 2.5% Travel & Leisure -4.0% -0.7% Business & Industry -2.0% 0.0% Education 2.8% 2.5% Healthcare 0.3% 0.4% All Other 2.4%2.5% Total Foodservice 2.4% 3.0% Segment Growth Forecast % nominal growth 33% Increase!

  5. Thinking out of the box Practical Exercise Is the glass half full or half empty? Maybe it is simply the wrong size!

  6. Customers are looking for true Value- Added benefits Labor savings Peeled, cooked, deveined, etc. Waste / shrink control IQF, portion control, re-sealable containers, etc. Unique recipe ideas Flavors, breading/batter, presentation, etc. Current Situation and Trends

  7. Still significant sub-standard product sold Mislabeled Short-weight Count not in range Poor quality Toughest competition is not seafood Poultry & Pork prices are lowest in 10 years Beef prices are significantly lower over past 18 months Politicians attempting to protect their constituents through political rather than scientific trade restraints Current Situation and Trends

  8. Questionable application of regulations California Prop 65 State imposed trade restraints different than FDA (Louisiana chloramphenicol statute) Current Situation and Trends “Nearly all fish and seafood contain some amount of mercury and related compounds . . .”

  9. Abuse of trade laws with no true industry benefit Crawfish Atlantic Salmon Blue Crab Domestic Catfish Domestic Shrimp Current Situation and Trends

  10. Press sends mixed / confusing messages BusinessWeek January 27, 2003 PeTA.com TIME Mother Jones E Magazine EPA February 2003 Current Situation and Trends

  11. Proliferation of third party regulators Current Situation and Trends

  12. Encourage responsible fishing practices Promote sustainable & renewable resources Conduct business with reputable companies Resist the temptation of short-term economic gain Vigorously extol the benefits of all seafood Do not promote one sector as better than another Consumers look at the industry as a whole, any defamation implicates all of us Promote free and open trade Listen to your customers Bringing Seafood to Market

  13. Questions?

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