Australians enjoying affordable seafood prices in advance of holidays

Published 2023년 12월 8일

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Australian seafood lovers are enjoying a decrease in prices for seafood, particularly prawns and rock lobster, with raw king prawns selling for AUD 18 a kilo at major grocery chains. The decrease in prices is due to a fantastic year of production for both shrimp farmers and prawn fishers. Though the availability of high-quality seafood is abundant, higher costs of production and transportation are mitigating some of the gains, leading to more expensive lobster and oysters.

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Australian seafood lovers are enjoying an abundance of supply and reduced prices on their favorite treats moving into the year-end holidays.Prices are down as much as 50 percent year over year for some of Australia’s most renowned seafoods, including prawns and rock lobster, according to The Guardian.At Australia’s two largest grocery chains, Coles and Woolworths, raw king prawns are selling for AUD 18 (USD 12, EUR 11) a kilo. South Melbourne, Australia-based Aptus Seafoods is selling fresh medium-sized prawns for AUD 30 to AUD 35 (USD 20 to USD 23, EUR 18 to EUR 22) per kilo at the moment, and king prawns for AUD 40 to AUD 50 (USD 26 to USD 33, EUR 24 to EUR 31) a kilo.Last year, king prawns were selling for AUD 60 to AUD 65 (USD 39 to USD 43, EUR 37 to EUR 40) a kilo,” Aptus Seafoods Owner Angelo Zahos said.Zahos said he was glad to offer lower prices, since last year, “people weren’t able to afford prawns.”“It’s been quite a hard year for everybody,” he said. “Anyone [who] ...

Source: Seafoodsource