German canned food trader, Huepeden and Co. is not backing down from its seven year fight on the non-delivery of canned tuna from Thailand. Winning its verdict in Thai court, the company now...
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Selling Tuna As Nespresso?
Should the tuna business use the model of premium coffee maker Nespresso to approach the market? That’s what Jorge Arrizabalaga thinks, Marketing Director for Spanish tuna canner, Conservas...
Purcell Expanding To Boost Pole And Line Sales
A major importer and supplier of private label canned tuna is hoping for a growth in pole and line sales, expanding into a new sales office in New Jersey. Supplying nearly every retail grocery...
StarKist Samoa GM Resigns
The StarKist leadership has been shuffled once more. The General Manager of the StarKist tuna cannery in American Samoa has handed in his resignation from the company. Industry sources say...
Bumble Bee Expected To Go Ahead With Loining Plant In Apia
The go-ahead to Bumble Bee Foods’ establishment of a new tuna loining plant in the independent state of Samoa could be just around the corner. The company’s CEO, Chris Lischewski, is...
Is Ecuador Likely To Keep Zero Duty?
Final negotiations have begun and discussions are expected to close on a free trade agreement between Ecuador and the EU by the end of this month. But, with the decision on the deal on the...
Finnwatch Researcher To Face Public Prosecutor In Thailand
Hit with a charge of criminal defamation, migrant rights activist, Andy Hall, of Finnwatch research group is set to face a public prosecutor in Bangkok following police questioning. The...
Cote d’Ivoire’s Tricky Position On Signing Of EPA
There seems to be considerable uncertainty to the outcome of Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations between Cote d’Ivoire and the EU. Being aware that a no-deal situation would...
Canneries Could Lose USD 4.5M On Electricity Reform
Tuna canneries in Spain could be hit by a loss of USD 4.5 million if the government cuts aid to a planned cogeneration. Companies have called on the Minister of Agriculture, Food and...
Production Boosts Carbon Footprint Of Canned Tuna
It’s not just vessel fuel usage in the canned tuna supply chain that has an impact on its carbon footprint. It appears the intensive material use in the production and packaging stage can...
Alliance Select CEO Denies Mismanagement Claims
The Chief Executive of Philippine tuna processor, Alliance Select Foods International, is denying claims of mismanagement and self-dealing thrown at him by a group of Singaporean shareholders....
Ex-StarKist CEO Fails: Contessa Bankrupt
Frozen seafood producer, Contessa Premium Foods, enteredhe liquidation process on 30 April, to be managed by financial advisory company Development Specialists (DSI). The company was headed by...
Pescanova Rises From Bankruptcy
Spanish fishing group, Pescanova, has risen from bankruptcy proceedings after a year of difficult financial problems. The company declined to reveal its annual accounts to Spanish regulators,...
Value-Added – The Sustainable Way To Increase Returns On Tuna
Focusing on the production of value-added tuna products is the best way to reap in increased returns without over-exploiting stocks. Chanintr Chalisarapong, the President of the Thai Tuna...
Africa Takes Bigger Share Of EU Market
Africa is strengthening its presence in the EU canned tuna market, upping its exports of the product by a modest, yet significant, four percent from 2012. Last year, African nations shipped a...
Asia’s Exports To EU Show Strongest Growth
Asian countries are displaying the most powerful growth in the volume of canned tuna they ship to the EU. With a strong climb of 18 percent from 2012 to 2013, the continent is creeping up...
Thai Tuna Industry Seeks EU Deal
The Thai Tuna Industry Association (TTIA) expects tuna exports to grow by 7% this year while urging the government to speed up free-trade talks with the European Union (EU) to increase export...
Falling Penetration Impacts US Canned Sector
Falling household penetration is impacting the US canned tuna market, as imports across the nation dropped to a seven year low during 2013. Dave Melbourne, Senior Vice President for Bumble...
Strong Increase In Polish Demand
Polish importers have shown a dramatic increase in demand for canned tuna, pushing up purchases of the product last year by a staggering 64 percent from 2012. The country emerged as the...
Canners Have 13 Years Postponement On Minimum Wage
With a current minimum wage level of USD 4.76 in the American Samoa tuna canning industry, coupled with legislation delays pushing back the next increase until September 2015, workers in the...