New York (AP) – in Fishtown Seafood, owner Bryan Szeliga is concerned about sea gocs.
Szeliga, who operates three retail and wholesale places in Philadelphia and Haddonfield, one, sells a variety of seafood. But the slow, slow seafood are most of his general business. And 60% to 70% come from Canada.
Trump administration fees, again 25% of Canada’s import fees that came into force on Tuesday only to be suspended in several items for a month on Thursday-they give Szeliga Whiplash. Rolling is making it difficult to plan ahead. And if tariffs eventually come into force, he is likely to need to raise prices and offer his customers less seafood.
“Part of the problem of” chaos and shock and fear “approach to the negotiations is that you cannot actually be a business plan based on knowing what it is and will not actually happen,” he said. “This is a big problem.”
Szeliga started Fishtown seafood four years ago after other food industry work, including chef and working for a nonprofit. His clients include neighborhood locals and others who bought in their retail stores as well as wholesale restaurant customers.
He derives some of his American products directly from fish farms, but for Canadian sea oysters he goes through traders.
“They are the largest companies that accumulate from all manufacturers (seafood) and then and then scatter all over the country,” he said.
There is also a qualitative consideration.
“Canadian osters simply have the size, fragrance profile and brand recognition that our customers prefer and have grown to love,” he said.
Attempting to plan
On Tuesday, most of his suppliers told Szeliga that they would raise prices. He made only one purchase while the fee was in effect, buying some “sweet” sea goca from Prince Edward Island to make sure a wholesale client had enough product. He himself paid 25% to the marking and did not spend his client, eating the extra cost. The increase in prices of suppliers is likely to deduct now that the tariffs will be postponed, but only for one month.
Now that he has a month of return, Szeliga said he plans to fix his inventory and work with his wholesale customers to plan a menu that will be affected less from the tariffs. This may mean replacing the highest prices, with higher quality with Canadian home offer or lower prices.
“Now that we have a picture of what it may seem, let’s start creating your own menus so that we are prepared and is not full of bed again,” he said. “Even if prices fall, we know that prices will come to X, Y, Z (when the fees return).” He said he will ask his customers, “Which products will work for you within a month?”