Lobster Gram and UMaine’s Lobster Institute Team Up to Offer a “Lobster Stimulus” Package to Seafood Fans

Contact: Robert Bayer, Lobster Institute, (207) 581-2785; Dan Zawacki, Lobster Gram, dan@livelob.com

ORONO — Lobster Gram®, an Internet business that markets live lobster for home delivery, is joning forces with the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine to offer a “lobster stimulus package” to support the Maine lobster industry during August.  This month is Maine’s officially designated “Lobster Month.” The stimulus sale offer includes free large shrimp with the purchase of Maine lobster tails packages. Additionally, Lobster Gram® will contribute a portion of proceeds from this promotion to help suppor tLobster Institute sustainability efforts.

The Lobster Institute is a non-profit lobster research and industry service organization that works to maintain a vital resource and thriving fishery.

“Families associated with the lobster industry are in need of an economic boost – a ‘stimulus’ if you will,” says Dan “The Lobster Man” Zawacki, chair and founder of Lobster Gram.  “Though lobster stocks are healthy, the economy is not. The boat price for lobster has nose-dived yet again this summer. We want to help our friends in the lobster industry. If we can help move some lobsters with our Lobster Stimulus Package, and put more money in their pockets – plus support the work of the Lobster Institute – it is really a win-win situation.”

Lobster Gram® ships premium live lobster, lobster tails and other gourmet products all over the U.S. from its distribution center in Biddeford, Maine. Its corporate headquarters and call center have been located in the Chicago area since 1987.

“Dan and the folks at Lobster Gram have been loyal friends of the Lobster Institute and the lobster fishery,” says Prof. Robert Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute. “Their willingness to donate a portion of the stimulus package sales to support the work of the Lobster Institute is just another example of their commitment to giving back to the lobster industry. ”

To take part inthe lobster stimulus effort, visit the Lobster Gram website at www.livelob.com. More information about the Lobster Institute can be found at www.lobsterinstitute.org.