The value of shrimp sales at UK retailers decreased 3.8 percent for the year ended Jan. 3, falling to £412.1 million (€556.3 million/$634.6 million), compared to the previous year’s £428.5 million (€578.5 million/$659.9 million) in sales, according to the latest Nielsen statistics.
In terms of volume, shrimp saw a 4.5 percent decrease from last year, falling to 32,510 metric tons from 37,421 metric tons.
The poor performance of warmwater shrimp sales was primarily behind the decline.
While the combined values of chilled, ambient and frozen coldwater shrimp rose 2.3
