Supplying Pasteurized Crab Meat for its Outback Steakhouse
Miami, FL, June 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blue Star Foods Corp., (“Blue Star,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) (NASDAQ: BSFC), an integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) sustainable seafood company with a focus on Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems (RAS), is pleased to announce it has entered into a new $1 million supply agreement with Bloomin’ Brands.
The new contract started distribution in April and will run through the remainder of 2023. Blue Star started to deliver approximately 115,000 pounds of pasteurized crab meat (valued at around $1 million) to Bloomin’ Brands for its Outback Steakhouse crab related menu such as Crab-Topped Barramundi.
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John Keeler, Chairman and CEO of Blue Star Foods, commented, “We are very excited to enter into this new relationship with Bloomin’ Brands for its Outback Steakhouse locations. Our crab meat enabled them to launch new & existing menu items. We feel confident with our outstanding quality & service, that there is an opportunity to expand further with Bloomin’ Brands and its other wonderful restaurant concepts and menus.”
About Blue Star Foods Corp. (NASDAQ: BSFC)
Blue Star Foods Corp. an integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) sustainable seafood company with a focus on Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems (RAS) that processes, packages and sells high-value seafood products. The Company believes it utilizes best-in-class technology, in both resource sustainability management and traceability, and ecological packaging. The Company also owns and operates the oldest continuously operating Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) full grow-out salmon farm in North America. The company is based in Miami, Florida, and its corporate website is: https://bluestarfoods.com
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