About this episode

This episode explores the journey of fresh tuna from Japan to Nebraska and its impact on pricing.

How does a fresh tuna get from Japan to Nebraska before it goes bad? And how does its journey show up in the price of your spicy tuna rolls? Zachary Crockett gets schooled. This episode was originally published on September 22nd, 2024.

People in this episode

Host: Zachary Crockett

Topics covered

• supply chain
• seafood
• economics
• food pricing
• transportation

Keywords

• tuna
• supply chain
• spicy tuna rolls
• Japan
• Nebraska
• food economics
• transportation

Mentioned in this episode

Products: tuna, spicy tuna rolls

Places: Japan, Nebraska

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