Fresh seafood experienced phenomenal dollar sales percent growth of 6.3% to $7.1 billion, for the year ending Nov. 28, 2021, according to Chicago-based IRI. This remarkable sales growth continued the massive sales growth the category experienced in 2020 and as the total meat category dipped a couple of points, says Chris DuBois, IRI’s senior vice president of Americas protein practice leader. In turn, looking at dollar sales percent growth vs. two years ago, fresh seafood jumped 31.3% for the year ending Nov. 28.
Fresh seafood volume sales for the 52 weeks ending Nov. 28 remained flat, while volume sales percent change vs. two years ago grew 21.6%.