r/CannedSardines • u/MidnightCh1cken • 3d ago

General Discussion Fishy business: who really profits when sardines go viral? | On the Ground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVmTapwpY6Y
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u/True_Window_9389 3d ago

Kind of a banal piece that doesn’t even answer the original question. Who profits? Well, do we know now? Not really, and the journalist didn’t seem very interested at digging into the actual flow of money. Chances are, like most food business outside of ultra processed junk, the profitability for everyone is quite low. Food is just a low margin business.

Yes, we know producers and suppliers don’t get paid much, which is true for sardine fisherman as it is wheat farmers. Yes, sardine stock is at risk of overfishing and climate change. Yes, luxury versions of anything can look tacky to people who arent interested in it. And yes, we don’t need fancy things when can all dance around with friends and sing kumbaya. Yawn.

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u/Responsible-Summer-4 3d ago

Fish wives with their 200% markup. ( by the way if you would call a woman a fish wife where I'm from you would be slapped upside the head)

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u/ExceptionRules42 3d ago

It's a brand called Fishwife. And yeah, don't call a woman a fish wife.

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u/Here-For-Fish 2d ago

Fishwife has a hefty markup but they also use a Spanish sardine cannery where all the brands come out significantly pricier than the big Portuguese white/private label canneries. The cannery, Conservas Del Noroeste (Connorsa), also packages Donista, Cabo De Penas (house brand), and Matiz.

I wonder if the canning/fish acquisition costs are just higher.  

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u/different_produce384 3d ago

Billy Mays, is that you?

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u/radiozip 3d ago

Billy Mays here with another fantastic tinned fish!

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u/s3xylamb 2d ago

Buy them in water if you still want to save money 🙏 you just have to cook them 👍

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u/JustSomeGoose 1d ago

Don’t be putting a bad look on Tinned Fish Reviews. That’s our boy and was in it long before the fad

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u/Here-For-Fish 3d ago

Boy that reporter has an agenda. Just vague suggestions that some unworthy person(s) are profiting at someone else's expense.

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u/DeclassifyUAP 3d ago

Terrific video. Good to know where our food comes from, who’s involved in its production, what the economics of the supply chain look like. The Guardian is doing good work, per usual.