Who controls the wholesale sushi market?

[Paul J. Berg]

<http://wweek.com/editorial/3232/7668>

[wwere...@yahoo.com]

Very very interesting. And I posted another article a little while
back saying that the mega-AYCE sushi places, like Todai, was usually
supplied by the exact same company with the same fish as the
"exclusive" and far more expensive sushi restaurants - namely Rev.
Moon's True World.

Care to comment, Mr. Lutjen?

ww

[wwere...@yahoo.com]

It's the sinsiter side of sushi, eh?

[wwere...@yahoo.com]

Long article on this subject in Chicago Tribune 11 April 2006, "Sushi
And Reverend Moon" -

"Adhering to a plan Moon spelled out more than three decades ago in a
series of sermons, members of his movement managed to integrate
virtually every facet of the highly competitive seafood industry. The
Moon followers' seafood operation is driven by a commercial powerhouse,
known as True World Group. It builds fleets of boats, runs dozens of
distribution centers and, each day, supplies most of the nation's
estimated 9,000 sushi restaurants.

Although few seafood lovers may consider they're indirectly supporting
Moon's religious movement, they do just that when they eat a buttery
slice of tuna or munch on a morsel of eel in many restaurants. True
World is so ubiquitous that 14 of 17 prominent Chicago sushi
restaurants surveyed by the Tribune said they were supplied by the
company..."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-0604sushi-1-story,0,3736876.story

ww

[Blair P. Houghton]

That much market dominance could result in government intervention.

Not this government, maybe, but one that isn't based on "faith" so much
as law.

--Blair

[Blair P. Houghton]

Paul J. Berg wrote:
> <http://wweek.com/editorial/3232/7668>

Hey. Anyone notice the name of the first person quoted in the article?

--Blair

[Dan Logcher]

HA! Look at that.. and he didn't even let us know.

--
Dan

[wwere...@yahoo.com]

> > Hey. Anyone notice the name of the first person quoted in the article?

Didn't you notice my first post on this thread?

ww

[Blair P. Houghton]

wwere...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > Hey. Anyone notice the name of the first person quoted in the article?
>
> Didn't you notice my first post on this thread?

Sorry. I skim pretty hard these days.

--Blair

[Dan Logcher]

Yeah, same here.. especially when I already know the answer.
We only have two major suppliers in the Boston area, and one
of them is linked to True World Foods.

--
Dan

[wwere...@yahoo.com]

Don't worry about it, I'm a skimmer too - of course I rather fancy that
people should pore over every single precious word that *I* write!

;-)

[Buddy]

Likewise, lol.

--
- Buddy