First sign of spring

     Drowning in a sea of snow. Looks like we're up for air now but tomorrow comes another storm. Then another ... and another...  (( The video looks blury but just push play - it's HD)

ENJOY!

Time to man up...

   Oysters...You either hate them or you love them. The haters are usually haters because they are afraid of the raw, squishy, live entity they are about to ingest. Those people are also known as pansies.
So here is proof that there is nothing to be afraid of.
     This is a video of a 5 year old girl in our Kittery retail store yesterday. Her mother tells Bret that the little girl loves oysters. Bret puts her to the test.
    If you have kids and they are anything like mine, a hundred dollar bill would still not entice them to try a raw oyster.  I have grown friends who are the same way. Time to man up haters!

Warning: A live Basket Island oyster was hurt in the making of this video.

I'm rich ! ! !

    Well maybe not super rich, but never the less, a nice little windfall. It may not be worth any money, but the experience will be put in my life experience bank forever.
     As many of you know, I eat oysters every day as a way of keeping connected to our oyster program. It allows me to look over our inventory or try an oyster I haven't had for a while. This morning I wanted to take a look at a new batch of Standard Shore Petites, one of my favorites. They've been sugary and fat the last month or so. So I randomly selected one and headed back to the office.  I grabbed my shucker, popped it open and down the hatch. Except this time I felt something. I thought it was a piece of the shell but when it landed in my hand - holy cow it was a pearl. 

Look to the future

    

      It's the time of year where most people are now getting their bills from their Christmas purchases. Hence the tumbleweeds are blowing through the streets and people are battening down the hatches. Now is a good time to let you know what we are working on here at Taylor Lobster.

    For starters, some of you may have noticed our salmon prices falling. This isn't because the market for salmon is faltering. It's because we are now a direct buyer of Chilean salmon from the source. Usually, salmon makes it way through a half a dozen middle men before it reaches the end user. We've managed to cut those people out.
     Salmon producers are particular about who they will do business with. Your company must be a top tier credit rated company. Taylor, is one of those companies.
     We are partnered with Patagnoia Sea Farms. Patagnoia is BAP Certified ( Best Aquaculture Practices), BRC certified, GlobalGap Certified, ISO certified, and ISF certified. That's a lot of certifications! You can be confident knowing you are buying the highest quality salmon when you buy from Taylor. In addition you are getting a cost effective product that will help you exceed your customer's expectations and increase your revenue. Ask me about our new case pricing as well. If you are a heavy volume user, we can help you with that.

    A lot of my time is spent sourcing oysters and expanding our oyster operation. Currently I am working on a Google map that will pinpoint where each farm is located that we represent. It will be uploaded to Shuckapedia.com, our oyster knowledge website, when it is ready. If you haven't been to shuckapedia.com, go check it out. It gives a synopsis of each of the oysters you buy from Taylor Lobster Company. There are a few new oysters on the horizon. Two new ones from Maine and one new one from New Hampshire. Those will be kept under wraps until we take first delivery this spring. It's very exciting.

 

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     We have also secured a direct buy with one of the finest shrimp companies in the United States. We have leveraged our buying power to bring you an extremely high quality shrimp at a reduced cost.  These are a high quality , white shrimp with a sweet flavor and noticeable snap. We are carrying peeled and deveined  tail on sizes 8-12 to 21-25 and tail off sizes 31-40 to 90-110. We offer secured contract pricing on all of our Censea shrimp, as well as a 10 case pricing structure. These pricing programs offer you a significant savings if you are able to store at least 100 pounds of frozen product comfortably.