SAN ANTONIO, Texas — January 7, 2014 — The subzero temperatures and arctic blast hitting the Northeast have crippled supply lines for restaurants, grocery stores and food suppliers in San Antonio.
While holiday travelers hoping to return to the Alamo City remain stranded in airports, trucks and airplanes also have been unable to find a way to the area, leaving local businesses scrambling to find different avenues to satisfy their customers.
Groomer Seafood, which delivers fresh fish to clients across the city, has struggled to adjust to a shortage in shellfish, particularly live lobsters, black mussels and clams from Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and even Canada.
“In a general week, we ship anywhere between 5,000 and 10,000 pounds of East Coast product to San Antonio. Now, we're getting about 10 percent of that,” said Rick Groomer, president of Groomer Seafood.
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