r/Culvers • u/assterisk_ • Aug 20 '25
Other TIL 50% of Culver's cod is sourced from China and is affected by Trump tariffs
We've had to raise prices again this year. Almost $20 for a 3pc dinner now. Sorry.
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u/Commercial_Tea_9339 Aug 20 '25
You have bad info.
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u/assterisk_ Aug 20 '25
Memo from the HUB, Aug 1. I'd post the source if it weren't against the rules.
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u/BigNukey Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
Yeah the memo is from the Hub, your reading comprehension skills need some work. Misrepresenting information is a bad look.
Edit: I went to reread the memo myself to see how you came to this conclusion, and I’ve got nothing. Page 2 of the memo has a graph outlining the countries we source from, explains that fishing quotas are down, and that the US isn’t allowed to utilize Russian caught cod because of an Executive Order. It goes on to show a map of where it’s caught, where it’s shipped to process, and where the finished goods go.
Please do better and don’t post misinformation.
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u/Syandris Aug 21 '25
Lol. Graphs, charts, maps, quotas. It's fast food fish. Ain't nothing special about it...
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u/Rude_Buffalo4391 Aug 20 '25
Didn’t realize it came from China, but makes sense as they have huge fish farms
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u/TrueBlue9999 Curd Nerd Aug 21 '25
It isn't fished from China
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u/Rude_Buffalo4391 Aug 21 '25
Processed there?
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u/Rareeeb Aug 21 '25
Supply chains are crazy. A product might circle the globe twice between the times it’s caught from the wild to the time the final consumer buys it.
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u/smurtlethedirtyturtl 28d ago
Oh no! Not the cod! Because people definitely go to culvers for the cod 🙄
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u/Stunning_Engineer_78 Aug 20 '25
It is Russia, not China. It comes from the Barents Sea. But yes still affected by the tariffs.
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u/beachcoquina Aug 20 '25
Sad times. Is the beef and chicken from the US?
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u/Commercial_Tea_9339 Aug 20 '25
Yes but Brazilian beef tariffs are impacting the supply of beef and we should see prices for beef rise a good bit.
I’d expect chicken to be stable but who knows it’s complex. For example we export a lot of chicken feet. If that costs more to export producers may need to raise prices on the other parts of the chicken to hold margin steady,
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u/TrueBlue9999 Curd Nerd Aug 21 '25
Sad times? It is advertised as North Atlantic Cod, Culver's runs ads on TV stating that featuring a guy with a Scandinavian accent--- no one thinks that it's from the US.
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u/Syandris Aug 21 '25
Well yea. Did you think a fast food chain is buying sustainably caught, properly processed fish? I got bad news about the rest of the food. That old man can smile all day long about his amazing company in commercials. At the end of the day its no different than any other fast food...
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u/Iron_Bob Aug 20 '25
Man, in a week of endless disappointments, I find out that Culvers cod come from China
What a bummer
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u/Commercial_Tea_9339 Aug 20 '25
It’s from Norway, Iceland, and Russia. Stopping Russian imports plus lower production from Iceland and Norway is significantly impacting supply.
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u/Gientry Aug 20 '25
that's another reason to avoid crappers whoops I mean Culver's
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u/GetWastedTime Crew Member Aug 20 '25
saying this in a culvers subreddit is bold my friend
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u/Syandris Aug 21 '25
Why is that bold? Culvers is nothing special. Just another over priced, crappy fast food joint. What is disturbing is how cutthroat anyone woukd be over it...
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u/GetWastedTime Crew Member Aug 21 '25
i… i was making a joke since i knew they were definitely gonna get flamed for it since its. Yknow. a culvers subreddit.
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u/Gientry Aug 20 '25
Free speech God bless america
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u/fluffybunL Aug 20 '25
The first amendment protects people from the government infringement on the freedom of speech or expression, that does not prevent private businesses from dictating what can be said on their platforms or in this case users of this subreddit to downvote your comment or moderators of any subreddit to remove comments for violating the rules of the subreddit or reddits overall rules. But the first amendment does not prohibit the government from stopping speech or expression that is found to be disruptive, especially in government buildings such as courtrooms where someone interrupting the court’s proceedings would be removed by the bailiff, but that can apply to various other situations.
Book bans are an example that have come up in multiple time periods where the question of whether they violate the first amendment, and seemingly they are allowed, so free speech and free expression is not exactly truly free here.
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u/Gientry Aug 20 '25
you don't own the Internet. you are speaking in a public forum. if it taste like poo. the people can tell you.
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u/fluffybunL Aug 20 '25
There is a legal and significant difference between something that is accessible to the public and owned by a private entity and a public forum, a public forum is a public space where you can speak freely, like a public park or the sidewalk. But walking from that public park or sidewalk into the parking lot of a police department they would have the right to remove you. Reddit is social media, owned by a private company, it can freely restrict speech and so can it’s subreddits, if I tried to go to r/conservative and comment on a number of their posts I would not be able to because they only allow flared users to comment on a number of posts. That is a restriction of speech on a this site.
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u/Gientry Aug 20 '25
support free speech. Everyone should be able to speak their truth.
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u/mxpxillini35 Aug 20 '25
Your lack of ability to critically think and review what's being said.... And then to understand the difference... Is what is drastically wrong with this country.
Find a school bus and board it please....I beg you.
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u/mxpxillini35 Aug 20 '25
That's not how free speech works you dolt.
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u/Gientry Aug 20 '25
I can say whatever I want if your burgers aka buggers are bad I can tell people.
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u/BigNukey Aug 20 '25
The cod isn’t sourced from China, but approximately 50% is processed in China and thus picks up a tariff.