Free digital copy
Get Speciality Food magazine delivered to your inbox FREE
Get your free copy15 February 2013, 11:56 AM
- A North West food retailer has removed dredged scallops from its fish counters
Booths will now only sell hand-dived British scallops from the family-owned Ethical Shellfish Company, based in the Hebrides.
Chris Dee, who is responsible for buying decisions at Booths, said, “Taking the decision to remove dredged scallops was easy; it’s simply the right thing to do if our customers are to continue to buy a range of high quality fish and seafood from our counters.
“The hand-dived scallops are more succulent and better quality, and while they are more expensive, we feel our customers will support our decision and enjoy a more sustainable scallop of superior quality.
Guy Grieve, who runs the Ethical Shellfish Company with his wife Juliet, added, “We’re proud to be given this exciting chance to dive fish for Booths. On a personal level we are also hopeful that Booths’ decision to buy from us will mean that we do not have to export and of our perfect King Scallops abroad. They should be appreciated and savoured in Britain, like so much that is produced on these shores.”
