Chicago Tribune: Sushi and Rev. Moon
On a mission from their leader, five young men arrived in Chicago to open a little fish shop on Elston Avenue. Back then, in 1980, people of their faith were castigated as "Moonies" and called cult members...In a remarkable story that has gone largely untold, Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his followers created an enterprise that reaped millions of dollars by dominating one of America's trendiest indulgences: sushi...The Moon followers' seafood operation is driven by a commercial powerhouse, known as True World Group. It builds fleets of boats, runs dozens of distribution centers and, each day, supplies most of the nation's estimated 9,000 sushi restaurants...more...
