The wholesaler cut out the wholesaler.
For years I supplied king crab to the trade, moving up to 10,000 pounds a week. I know what this product costs at the dock, and I know what happens to the price by the time it reaches your table.
Here is the honest picture: king crab is scarce. Catches have been low for about 5 years across the industry, and that is why retail prices keep climbing. I can't change the catch. What I can change is how many hands touch your crab before you do.
So now I sell direct. Wild caught legs, cleaned and split to the half shell so you're not paying for waste, blast frozen at peak so it arrives as good as it left the boat. One price: $85 a pound.
Straight off the dock, straight to your table.