“We’re not seeing any huge increases or limited supplies of anything,” Sauer said. “I think some suppliers and manufacturers are perhaps taking a little bit of advantage of the situation.”
Jack Gridley, meat and seafood manager for Dorothy Lane Market’s three Dayton-area grocery stores, said he has seen wholesale prices of some seafood items such as oysters and shrimp rise in recent weeks, but he said DLM customers have not yet seen retail price hikes.
The Gulf Coast supplies an estimated one-fifth of the nation’s commercial fish and shellfish, according to The Associated Press.
Rue Dumaine restaurant owner Anne Kearney — who spent 13 years in New Orleans — proudly serves Gulf shrimp and oysters at her Washington Twp. restaurant. But Kearney is now reluctantly preparing to find alternate sources, probably along the East Coast, for some of her most popular seafood menu items.
Rue Dumaine will participate in a “Dine Out for the Gulf Coast” fundraiser this weekend, donating $1 for every dinner sold and $3 for each specialty cocktail sold to the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund.
Kearney, who just returned from a five-day visit to New Orleans, said the city’s residents are displaying their customary spirit and tenacity during the crisis. “They’re enjoying what they have while they have it.”
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