...Green washing in the Commercial Seafood Industry Dave Mangus Milwaukee Area Technical College The subject of my planned report is greenwashing in the seafood industry. Using several articles from the NPR, Earth Island, World Wildlife Foundation, and SeaWeb I plan to convey my opinion on this matter. My basic approach to this topic will be to explain greenwashing, greenmailing, and the view points from the opposition and the rebuttal from the MSC and possibility of the shrimp industry if I can find their responses to the claims. I am reserving the right to add sources to my list as required to provide more examples to support my position. Also I am reserving the right tighten or broaden the focus of this report to keep it manageable. I.E. it could be the overall seafood industry or I may just focus on the MSC and NPR prospective. Another piece to my paper is going to focus on the demand for sustainable certified products and the stress put on the MSC program to supply this demand thru questionable practices of calling it sustainable, when in some cases only the promise to do things better in five to ten years seems to be all that is required for the sticker. I also plan to include the market response to some of the certified sustainable items that don’t pass the common sense test. I also plan to list the MSC guidelines for sustainable fisheries and question how certain things can be certified sustainable by them, when their own guidelines say it isn’t. My intent isn’t...
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...Number: AC1106413 Course Number and Title: EN120 Beginning English Writing Assignment Number and Title: 02 lesson 3 Date: How to prepare your favorite dish. My favorite dish is seafood gumbo. Begin by preparing seafood stock. Put 2 quarts of water in a eight quart stock pot. Peel and quarter two medium onions, cut eight celery stalks into 2 inch pieces, dice to garlic cloves, 1/2 cup of lemon juice, peeled 4 pounds raw medium shrimp use shrimp shells for stock. Refrigerate shrimp for later use in gumbo.Four lobsters peeled use shells and heads for stock, refrigerate lobster tails for gumbo. Fillet 4 whitings cut out rib sections of fillets use fish bones and rib sections for stock. Second step combine all these ingredients in stockpot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 2 to 8 hours. Third step strain before using. SEAFOOD GUMBO 3 quarts seafood stock, two medium onions diced, 2 bell peppers diced, 1- 16-oz can whole tomatoes (undrained), one small can of tomato Puree, 4 bay leaves,1 tablespoon crush garlic, 3 tablespoon gumbo file`, 3 -16 ounce packages of frozen cut okra, 3 pounds of raw medium shrimp peeled and deveined, 24 fresh oysters,1 16 oz. can real lump crab meat, 1/2 a teaspoon salt, 1/4 cup Creole seafood seasoning, 1 1/2 teaspoon thyme, 36 crab claws, 4 lobster tails peeled. First step combine stock, tomatoes and tomato puree, onions, green peppers, crab claws in 8 quart aluminum pot and...
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...With seafood it affects not only taste and nutrition, but also safety. Seafood that hasn’t been kept on proper temperature can do more than just taste bad, it can make you sick. To make sure that these don’t happened to you, we should all keep some tips in mind when buying, storing or cooking seafood. Bibliography: Seafood safety: Home edition. (1992, ). Los Angeles Times (Pre-1997 Full text), pp. 5. It is absolutely typical that every person is and should be concern about food he/she wants to eat. It is important for food to be healthy, and for us to not get the disease. It is not true that if you increase your consumption of seafood is more likely to have seafood illness. And this is just a proof how healthy nature of seafood is. Statistics from Disease Control showed that maybe you can get some illness from cooked fin fish, only if you consume it except in one meal, in 5 million meals. According National Academy of Sciences fin fish has the highest protein content. Healthiest food in the world should be the safest. So food suppliers of sea food should take very good care of it. They are dedicated to provide it according sanitation and safety principles. Seafood industry is actually honest about every aspect of their food, and even inspection program approved it. All they want to have customers who trust them, to have their confidence and satisfy them. They want Congress to do something, and provide mandatory inspection to define people how safe and useful seafood industry...
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...that desire for many. Fezzo’s has wonderful food and service, but some of the prices are too expensive. One main reason people go is because of the wonderful food. Fezzo’s serves a variety of food. One of the things it is known for is of course their steaks. This steak is not like anyone one has have ever had before. It is very tender and juicy. The meat is so tender that one does not even need a knife to cut the steak. One could also order the wonderful crab cakes. These crab cakes are stuffed with real crab meat and sautéed onions and bell peppers. These delicious crab cakes will have your mouth melting for more. Fezzo’s also has a variety of salads such as, the chef salad, the grilled or fried shrimp salad, and the grilled or fried seafood salad which one can add the fresh crabmeat on top of the salad if you would like. One can also try their famous, homemade bread pudding. This mouth-drooling desert is loved by many people who come to the restaurant. This might just make you melt with how hot and this desert is. The delicious food is not always what people keep coming back for. A lot of people come for the wonderful service. The waiters and waitresses always have a smile on their face. They always seem to enjoy their jobs. The wait staff is very happy and cheerful. If one has...
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...Clearwater Seafoods Clearwater Seafoods had distinguished itself in the seafood market by focusing on and maintaining a supreme product quality. Clearwater first came up with new technologies to help them harvest more efficiently, then they invented and patented technologies used to test, freeze, label and deliver products in a way none of their competitors were able to mimic. That gave Clearwater relative advantage by saving time and providing guaranteed fresh seafood, which is a hard task in their case because of long transportation hours needed to reach buyers. Moreover, their greatest challenge was that most of their work was Business-to-Business, which meant more time till products reached end users and lack of control over the quality of products delivered. Using the new technologies, i.e. harvest time stamps and labeling, end users were satisfied with the guaranteed freshness of the product they are buying, thus they were willing to pay a higher price for it. This way Clearwater guaranteed their customers to never be served other than what they ordered, avoiding what a study found is frequently happening in seafood restaurants (Johnson, 2013). Similar to any company, Clearwater was aiming to expand its operations and reach out to new customers. The management of Clearwater was able to get the company to its current position by targeting major markets with large seafood demand and studying them to find entry strategies. As a result Clearwater had entered the Chinese...
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...statement states that “Here at Red Lobster we’re passionate about serving our guests great seafood. It’s why we go the extra mile to bring you the best dining experience possible. Our fishermen take pride in catching only the highest quality seafood, and the freshest fish. Our grill master’s expertly perfect flavors, cooking seafood and steak over a wood fire grill. And our servers pull out all the stops to make every dining experience feel extra special. It’s our passion. It’s our pride. Because at Red Lobster, we Sea Food Differently.” This is a very good mission statement seeing that it identifies most of the policies that a mission statement should provide. It states how the employees will deal with the customers by saying “…our servers pull out all the stops to make every dining experience feel extra special. It also states its competitive advantage by identifying that their suppliers catch the freshest fish they can. Also, that they have master chefs cooking the best meal for their customers as well. Red lobster said that “Our top priority is to always serve our guests the highest-quality seafood.” (http://www.redlobster.com/our_quality_story/our_commitment_to_quality/) and with fresh food and master chefs this will most definitely last them for a long time. Target Markets Red lobster isn’t trying to be the world’s fanciest seafood restaurant, but more of the world’s best overall seafood restaurant. Their target market is that of a middle income level class and up. They want...
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...Lobster. The Red Lobster restaurant is a well known restaurant chain that offers a wide variety of American style seafood dishes. Red Lobster is a mid-priced, causal restaurant. I love the experience of dining at the Red Lobster because the atmosphere is welcoming, the food is great and the service is excellent. A particular visit one week ago proved to me that Red Lobster lives up to the expectations of its guests. Red Lobster casual attire allowed me to feel relaxed like I was at home. It was loud at times but gave me the feeling of being with a large family eating great food and having a good time. The walls had very decorative décor and made me feel like I was in eating seafood at restaurant near the beach. Pulling into the oversized parking lot, the first thing I noticed was all the landscaping and how well it was maintained. I found the restaurant overall very well maintained and clean. Red Lobster offers a wide variety menu of seafood specialties. First I started off with an appetizer. I ordered the Lobster-Artichoke-and-Seafood Dip with A creamy three-cheese blend with artichokes, spinach, Maritime lobster meat and seafood. Served with tortilla chips and pico de gallo, for 12.49. Next the waiter brought out the free, best, most delicious cheese biscuits in the world, while I was taking a look at the menu. It contained a wide range of seafood and seafood combination patters, soup, salad and pastas. The meal I ordered was the Fire-Grilled Lobster, Shrimp and Scallops...
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...Seafood and Cajun food is a large part of the southern culture. Most if not all love to eat fried alligator, duck, catfish, and other foods. But just those few along are the bread and butter of the southern culture. After visiting Bonefish Grill for the first time several years ago, this has been listed as one of the many places you can get a quality southern style meal. Bonefish Grill, is a place I would bring family and friends, and when you want time to yourself. The atmosphere is welcoming, the staff is mannerable and is a good representation of the southern hospitability. As you are approaching the revolving door, you notice the fish as well as the restaurant name Bonefish Grill. Depending on the time and day, the wait can be anywhere between 10-30 minutes, but with a large group it could be up to 45-minute wait. During the day, Bonefish Grill has a very welcoming atmosphere. The dining areas are well lit, and they use natural lighting. However, at night Bonefish grill has a relaxed atmosphere. The lights are dimmed low,...
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...America, once again, it makes easier in inventory control and shipping will be more effective. Third is fresh food supply. Darden places order directly to independent suppliers, which are known as B2B. Darden tries to make sure it will get a freshest food from those who know their own product and grow them in a right way. Last one is worldwide seafood supply. Darden is doing business with suppliers in 35 countries, which is to get the best seafood product. And the quality is always inspected by Darden’s overseas representatives. This helps Darden brings the best and reliable products to customers. 2) What are the complications of having four supply chains? Beside all advantages that Darden gets from the four supply chains, it also have some complication by operating them. With only a smallware distributor in Orlando, Florida, it makes easy to manage, but what would happen when this location gets bad affected from such as natural disaster or burned out. Darden doesn’t have any “plan B” to cover it, and the “smallware” would be bought from somewhere else with higher price. The next one is the cost issue for worldwide seafood supply. Seafood is always expensive and also in shipping them. And sea food easily turns bad if it isn’t shipped on time. Another issue that Darden has is the language barrier. By working with 35 countries, Darden...
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...Evaluation of Red Lobster Restaurant My overall opinion of Red Lobster is very high. Seafood is one of my favorite foods and after visiting Red Lobster, I must say that I was extremely impressed and satisfied with the quality and the taste of the food. Also, the restaurant was very clean and inviting while the staff was more than helpful while taking my. The waitress was courteous and was always eager to refill my drink As I entered Red lobster, I was greeted at the front door with a friendly hello ' and after only a ten minute wait, I was seated at a comfortable and clean table. The waitress politely asked if I would like her to get my drink and she insisted that she would be back in only a few minutes with my drink. True to her word, she returned with a cold class of Coca Cola and she asked if I would like a few minutes more to look over the menu I told the waitress that I was ready to give my and she smiled as she asked if I would like a salad with my meal. I felt that the staff at Red Lobster was unbeatable and I would recommend my friends to this restaurant because of the excellent service that I received from the waitress The same waitress brought out a fresh garden salad with an oil and vinegar dressing which was superb and before I even finished my salad she returned with a steaming plate of lobster and crab legs The plate of food looked very appetizing to the eyes and the smell of the food was extraordinary. I was given a small , wet napkin by the same waitress...
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...LIST OF FROZEN FOODS EXPORTERS |Sl |EU Approval No. |Name & Address of the Firm |Contact Person | |1. |KLN-19 |Amam Sea Food Industries Ltd. |Mr. S. Humayun Kabir | | | |House # 84, Road # 2 |Managing Director | | | |Sonadanga R/A, Khulna | | | | |Tel: (880-41) 800015, 800082 | | | | |Fax: (880-41) 800082 | | |2. |KLN-10 |Aqua Resources Ltd. |Major Manzoor Ahmed Bp(Retd) | | | |House # 33, Road # 4, Block # F |Managing Director | | | |Banani, Dhaka-1213 | | | | |Tel : (880-2) 8810640, 8810653 ...
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...overexploited, depleted and recovering stocks (FAO, 2010). The complex causes of wild fish stocks crisis include: overfishing, managing poor fishing, unsustainable fishing practices, and illegal (UNEP, 2009).The demand increased in fishing has exacerbating these issues. Worldwide per capita consumption of marine fishes has almost doubled since the 1960s as like world’s population (Jacquet et al., 2009). The consumption and value of trade of fish product is increased by aquaculture has surged over the last 20 years. Yet, aquaculture demands fishmeal threatens coastal environments to pressure rather than alleviating (UNEP, 2009).As like other products, seafood trade has been growing internationally over the years. The trade of fish has grown from US$51.5 billion in 1998 to US$102 billion in 2008 (FAO, 2010).The supply of seafood has lacks some transparency of ‘underlying facilitator’ of every aspects of the negative fishing sector (FAO, 2010, p.105).It is much difficult purchase fish products responsibly with lack of transparency. Challenges of Wal-Mart’s supply chain: Wal-Mart’s also faces some challenges like other large global companies. There is lot of problems faced by many firms. One main problem faced by global industries is mass production organization and the problem is serving a smaller amount of sea foods to more comparative markets (Kirschenmann, 2002). In the `Unique` markets, they have emerging inconsistent in mass production which they have started developing...
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...The New Year’s Eve crisis Letter of Transmittal Balasubramanian S External Advisor to Michael’s Homestyle Pasta 31 December 2001 Mike Valenti Founder, Michael’s Homestyle Pasta Connecticut, USA Sir, Subject:Decision report for handling the crisis arising from contamination of seafood with salmonella Please find the enclosed decision report that presents a comprehensive analysis of the current crisis, lists the key options and evaluation criteria used and suggests key recommendations with an action plan for the future. I recommend that Michael’s Homestyle Pasta inform the restaurant chain of the seafood contamination and request them to serve the menu-item only if the individual restaurants maintainFDA-approved cooking standards that could heat the seafood to the desired temperature. Yours sincerely, Balasubramanian S External Advisorto Michael’sHomestyle Pasta Executive Summary Mike Valentiis considering whether he should inform a restaurant chain thatthe recent shipment of seafood sent to themiscontaminated with salmonella. He can choose to not inform the chain, inform the chain and recall the entire shipment or inform the chain and request to serve only if restaurants adhere to FDA-approved cooking standards. While deciding, he should consider the cultural precedent that he is setting for the organisation, impact on reputation of company and financial impact on the business. It is recommended that Mike inform the chain of the contamination with...
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...Anonymous Evaluation Paper Red Lobster Evaluation Red Lobster is a restaurant that is notorious for claiming they provide excellent seafood. Their promise is to provide tasty seafood while also providing people with a wonderful dining experience. Here is Red Lobster’s story taken straight from their website, “Here at Red Lobster we’re passionate about serving our guests great seafood. It’s why we go the extra mile to bring you the best dining experience possible. Our fishermen take pride in catching only the highest quality seafood, and the freshest fish. Our grill master’s expertly perfect flavors, cooking seafood and steak over a wood fire grill. And our servers pull out all the stops to make every dining experience feel extra special. It’s our passion. It’s our pride. Because at Red Lobster, we Sea Food Differently.” For me, I was anxious to see if the Red Lobster restaurant made me feel like I was having a real, oceanic experience. It is hard to have great seafood when comparing it to fresh, straight out of the ocean, seafood. Like many restaurants, Red Lobster has claimed it provides a comforting atmosphere, tasty seafood, and excellent service; however, I believe Red Lobster actually upholds its overall promise to its guests. Immediately after walking into Red Lobster, I felt as if I was walking into a restaurant striving for that “right off the coast,” appeal. I could sense that Red Lobster was trying its hardest to appeal to every guest that entered through...
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...Lobster accounts for 43% of market share, highest among casual dining seafood chains -Largest casual dining seafood chain -Computerized point of sale system is top of the line -Strong supply chain-Leader in casual dining seafood category for distribution -Certified suppliers direct to restaurants through overnight deliveries -690 Locations -Top quality seafood that was still affordable -First casual dining chain to achieve national scale -Developed the first national seafood distribution system in the 1970’s -Part of the Big 7casual dining chains which accounted for 33% of the 22,000 chain casual dining restaurants in America Weaknesses -Outdated restaurants -No clear vision of who their consumers are -Perception of food -Despite the higher price point Red Lobster was not put in a premium category because it was only priced higher because of the cost of seafood -Red Lobster was lagging the quality of the seafood and the taste/preparation of seafood Opportunities -Expand product line, broaden food items and wine selection -Expand of target new customer base to increase profits -Expand geographic reach Threats -Supply chain pressure due to high cost of seafood -Economic state causing more consumers to eat home -Disease in aquaculture led to dramatic declines in the cost of some types of seafood -Intense competition in category -World population-growing population puts excess demand on seafood industry -Unstable prices -In 2004, Red Lobster had become mature...
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