UK-based processor Copernus landed a trial contract with retailer Aldi for three products under the supplier's branded Hooked on Fish line, Managing Director Dean Simpson told IntraFish.

The trial has been underway for the last 12 weeks in select stores.

"The listings in Aldi have come, not as a shock, but quicker than we expected," Simpson said.

"When you're trialing products, normally these trials usually take a very long time, but we got a call just last week asking for the products to be launched straight away."