date:Dec 21, 2012
e East Coast.
75 percent of the crab we sell each year is sold from December through New Years. Shrimp is huge at holiday time, and our fresh oyster sales triple at this time of year, said Kenan Judge, assistant vice president of meat and seafood operations for Hy-Vee Inc. in Des Moines, Iowa.
As a result, Hy-Vee purchased 200,000 pounds of Alaskan king crab legs and snow crabs earlier this month through Trident Seafoods. It is retailing king crab legs for USD 11.99 (EUR 9.07) a pound for 20-