Tri Marine has announced this week that Victoria Serrano will retire from her position as General Manager of Seafman, the firm’s majority owned tuna processing company in Manta, Ecuador. Vicky...
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TU: Best Managed Company In Thailand
Thai Union has been named the best managed company in Thailand after winning an award which assessed businesses from across the country. The firm also ranked in first place in a number of...
7 Year Dormant Tuna Plant To Finally Get Going
After failing to get off the starting blocks seven years ago, the Sino-Van Tuna Plant’s opening has finally been announced by the Vanuatu government, scheduled for July. Making the...
Chinese To Drive Albo Brand Into Asian Market
Energy and retail investors group China Resources Corporation (CRC) has announced its plans to begin constructing a new tuna plant in Asia which will produce canned tuna products bearing the...
COS Mess Up: The International Impact
A large scale recall of canned tuna processed at a US Chicken of the Sea plant has now crossed international boarders, as cans sent from the factory to the Caribbean island of Trinidad and...
Is The COS Mess Up Related To A Lack Of FDA Oversight?
It’s been an unpleasant few days for Chicken of the Sea following revelation that after a fault in processing, nearly two million cans of tuna produced at its Georgia plant could be...
COS Mess Up Also Affects Private Labels
Following announcements from both Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee last week, Texas supermarket chain H-E-B has now also issued a recall of thousands of tuna cans which may have been...
COS Mess Up Also Affects Private Labels (2)
Following announcements from both Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee last week, Texas supermarket chain H-E-B has now also issued a recall of thousands of tuna cans which may have been...
Massive Bumble Bee Recall Over Contamination Fears
Bumble Bee has announced a large-scale national recall of more than a million cans of its Chunk Light tuna today, after suspicions arose that deviations in the processing stage of production...
SSTC Upgrades Its PNG Plant
South Seas Tuna Corporation (SSTC) has upgraded its Wewak PNG tuna loin processing facility at a sum of PGK 9 million (USD 2.94 million), to improve facility capacity and operations as a...
Staggered Shutdown Of StarKist Samoa?
While the resolution on the disrupted 2016 South Pacific Tuna Treaty has eased some worries in American Samoa, StarKist has reportedly cut workers’ hours, stating that a shortage of tuna raw...
Mars Pet Food Drawn Into Slave Labor Saga
Not only world famous for its chocolate bars, Mars Incorporated also boasts a range of over 40 pet care brands, a leader in this market internationally. As just one of the billion dollar...
Soupy vs Steaky: The Idea Behind BB’s New Marketing Plan
Consumer dissatisfaction with the quality of US canned tuna is clear, as sales have continued to steadily decline over the last several years. Yet despite the range of products on the market,...
The Puppet Master Behind Italy’s Increasing Demand
Since 2012, the climbing rate of Italy’s pre-cooked tuna loin imports has been relatively rapid, giving a distinct impression that the nation is taking finished product processing increasingly...
Cannery Crisis Ignored As Prices Swell In Supermarkets
Would you ever consider splashing out over 200 dollars on a can of tuna? Well, that’s the reality right now for the 30 million citizens of Venezuela, where due to cash flow problems and a huge...
Will A Switch To Drained Weight Benefit US Consumers?
American tuna brands are not letting the matter drop, and are once again pushing to get rid of the pressed cake weight standard for measuring the fill of tuna cans, in favor of switching to...
Success For Striking Cannery Workers In Thailand
After a strike of well over a thousand workers in a major tuna cannery south of Bangkok began last week, company executives of the plant have agreed to meet the workers’ demands, so long as...
New Chicken Of The Sea Campaign Gives Tuna A Back Seat
It’s not just tuna on Chicken of the Sea’s radar this year, as the US tuna brand’s new marketing strategy is encouraging Americans to broaden their horizons and try other types of seafood, as...
Strike At Leading Thai Tuna Cannery
Workers at the Golden Prize Canning plant in Thailand have announced that after the end of their shifts today, they will cease working at the cannery and go on strike until their complaints...
Drained Weight The New US Standard In 2016?
Previously deemed an “archaic” method of determining the weight of canned tuna, the US Big Three tuna brands are once again opening the controversial case, and seriously pushing to get rid of...