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Bolton Food Spanish Units Saw Profits Decline In 2022
The Spanish subsidiaries of Bolton Food increased their canned tuna 2022 sales, but Conservas Garavilla could not convert that into a win. Grupo Calvo remained in the green numbers with its...
Dongwon F&B Expects Growth For Q2 Sales
Although not officially published, Dongwon Food & Beverage has exceeded market expectations with a 13.8 percent growth in revenue in the second quarter of this year. Hana Securities...
USD 256 Million Short Bid Makes Mitsubishi Suspend Princes Group Sale
The Japanese owner of the Princes Group, which markets the canned tuna brand Princes, has paused bidding for its UK-based subsidiary. There was speculation in January that the company was for...
Frinsa Calls Off US Expansion
Spanish tuna canner Frinsa has pulled back from its US expansion plan due to the significant cost increase to build a new facility with an initial USD 20 million investment. The Lakeland,...
Pure Cravings On A Mission To Protect Cats From Mercury In Tuna
US cat owners can treat their pets with a new canned wet cat food line called Minced Tuna that has “undergone mercury testing.” California-based Pure Cravings says the novel range is...
12 Arrested In Italy For Colored Tuna Conspiracy
The Italian police (Carabinieri) recently arrested 12 people for their alleged involvement in selling nitrites and nitrate-treated tuna that gave the meat a cosmetic fresh red color even...
Alarmed TikToker Finds Glass Shards In Trader Joe’s Tuna Can
A TikTok user who recently purchased a tuna can from the American grocery store chain Trader Joe’s, was horrified to find glass shards inside the product. Lolo, a content creator, filmed a...
Israeli Company Launches New Spurt-Free Tuna Cans
Israeli packaging company Caniel has claimed its ‘spurt-free’ technology for cans will save users from the dreaded dripping (oil or brine) from cans. According to its makers, the new...
StarKist Employees Determined To Block US MPA Expansion Plan
Employees at the American Samoan StarKist cannery are leaving no stone unturned to stop US President Joe Biden’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) expansion plan. Last week, they protested at the...
Lischewski Free But Not Out Of Price-Fixing Misery
A California federal judge ruled on June 27 that Chris Lischewski, former Bumble Bee CEO, is liable for fixing tuna prices only for his conviction period. This voided the Associated Wholesale...
Jealsa’s Founder Posthumously Awarded For Contributing To Inclusion
The Spanish organization Amicos awarded Jesús Alonso Fernández, founder of leading tuna canner Jealsa, for “Best Practices and Responsible Recruitment.” It lauded Alonso’s...
Galician Parliament Says EU-Thai FTA “Would Be A Lethal Blow”
The EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is sending shivers down the spines of tuna canners in Galicia, an autonomous region in Spain. The Galician parliament wants the local and central...
Majestic Seafood Cannery Shuts Down, Thousands Left Jobless
The news that the Majestic Seafood cannery stopped its production caused a shock wave in the community of Lae, Papua New Guinea. High tuna prices and the shortfall in supply forced the company...
2022 Imports: Ecuadorian Packers Turned Their Back On Chinese Loins
Ecuadorian canner's imports of pre-cooked loins during 2022 considerably shrank. The sharp rise in prices (specifically from China) made purchasing foreign-produced loins significantly less...
Atunlo Sets Up New Tuna Oil Production Line
Spanish processing firm Atunlo is gearing up to produce oil for human consumption from tuna heads. The product will be exported to Japan through the multinational company Nissui. The new...
US Canned Tuna Consumption Suffered A 27 Percent Blow In 2021
Americans ate a lot more seafood in 2021, but their interest in canned tuna nose dived by 27 percent. The National Institute of Fisheries (NFI) revealed these dramatic statistics in its...
Readers Divided On Whether Thai Canned Tuna Gets Zero Tariff In EU
The EU and Thailand recently announced the relaunch of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which is likely to be inked soon. Atuna asked its readers if canned tuna will be included...
Spanish Organization Rates Best And Worst Tuna
Canned tuna continues to stay on top of the Spanish shopper's list. The country’s Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) recently published a report after analyzing 32 cans of tuna – 13 in...
Report Throws Light On Maldivian Women Tuna Processors
Maldivian small-scale women tuna processors face a bumpy road ahead, according to the latest report by the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPLNF). ‘Increasing Economic Benefit to Women...