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I've placed a handful of orders from Caputo's Market & Deli over the last several months. Among their wide variety of esoteric offerings is a substantial selection of tinned seafood from a number of highly-regarded brands.

I've been impressed each time with the attention and care given to packing orders for shipment. When necessary, over-packing, really. A small order of a few cans may come heavily wrapped in expanded kraft paper in a padded postal pouch. A larger order, such as one including several cans and a large bottle of Salsa Espinaler, arrived generously padded in a one cubic foot size box.

This last order was a baker's half dozen of sardines, tuna, and garfish that I hadn't tried before. Within the padded pouch was this custom-printed carton.

Inside was my order of seven cans.

I got some Ati Manel Sardines with Lemon, Ati Manel Garfish in Spiced Olive Oil, Maria Organic Tuna in Brine with Thyme & Lemon, and Wildfish Cannery Smoked Coho Salmon.

Underneath were JOSE Gourmet Small Smoked Sardines in Olive Oil, Fangst Brisling No. 4 Spiced with Allspice and Cloves, and some Nice Cans Sardines with Rosemary and Fennel.

All the choices represented something unusual, or some that I hadn't tried before.

And, a big plus is the fact that tinned fish orders ship for free. www.caputos.com