Sales value of fresh and frozen salmon at UK retailers jumped 6.4 percent in the year ended Jan. 3, 2015, reaching £861.9 million (€1.2 billion/$1.3 billion) compared to the previous year’s value of £809.7 million (€1.1 billion/$1.2 billion).
A strong performance from chilled salmon made up for ambient and frozen salmon dropping in value, according to latest statistics by Nielsen.
Total value for chilled salmon increased to £744.6 million (€1 billion/$1.1 billion), up 8.5 percent from £686.2 million (€926.4 million/$1.1 billion) the previous year.
The value for ambient salmon dropped to £73.3
