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Tuesday Eye-Opener:  Something Fishy

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by Kevin Coupe

TikTok has more than 100 million daily users in the United States, which means that the potential audience was considerable for a recent Wegmans video focusing on the amazing seafood department in its new Astor Place store in Manhattan.

Don’t know about you, but it makes me want to go there on a Sunday.

Enjoy.

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