Katie's Seafood Market
Based: Galveston, Tex.
Employees: 10
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Nick Gutierrez says there are few problems with fishing in local waters, but his market was hit hard last year because prices on shrimp and oysters skyrocketed after the spill. Gutierrez went from paying $5.85 per pound of jumbo shrimp in May 2009 to putting out $7.50 last May. "At first, there was a lot of concern with people asking about the quality of the seafood," says Gutierrez, 28, who took over the 12-year-old business from his parents in 1999. "But I did not see a decrease in my sales."
Employees: 10
Website
Nick Gutierrez says there are few problems with fishing in local waters, but his market was hit hard last year because prices on shrimp and oysters skyrocketed after the spill. Gutierrez went from paying $5.85 per pound of jumbo shrimp in May 2009 to putting out $7.50 last May. "At first, there was a lot of concern with people asking about the quality of the seafood," says Gutierrez, 28, who took over the 12-year-old business from his parents in 1999. "But I did not see a decrease in my sales."
