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Fish on Fridays

Lent is a Christian religious tradition, observed for the period before Easter beginning on Ash Wednesday, which typically calls for a special diet. Red meat is cut out on Fridays for some and for the entirety of Lent for others. According to Datassential, a market research company, 26 percent of consumers observe Lent. Of those, 41 percent said they eat fish on Fridays.

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