UK seafood producer Young's is launching a new frozen snack product -- popcorn scampi bites -- in Asda stores across the United Kingdom beginning July 2.

"We have a long pedigree and success in scampi since inventing it in the 1940s," Young's Communications Manager Nicholas Donnelly told IntraFish.

The product comes at a time when the total sales of the frozen scampi in UK retail is slightly on the downswing. Total sales of the frozen species decreased 1.2 percent in the 52 weeks to May 2019 to £39 million (€43.5