StarKist did not win its appeal for lowering tariffs on its tuna-in-mayo imports after a US appellate court found that the company’s tuna was chunky with pieces of varying sizes, and not...
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Chris Lischewski Escapes Price-Fixing Claims In Kansas State
A California federal judge has axed tuna pricing-fixing claims brought by a Kansas-based wholesale grocer against Chris Lischewski, the former CEO of Bumble Bee, stating that he lacks ties to...
Thai Union’s Growth Lies In Healthy Innovations
Thai Union’s growth in 2022 will be mainly driven by its food segments --canned, frozen, and chilled seafood and by its pet food and pet care products. Its future development potential is...
Truckers’ Strike Enters Third Week But Losing Steam
The truck drivers' strike entered its third week but seems to have lost momentum. According to the Association of Self-Employed Workers (ATA), 95 percent of autonomous drivers went back to...
MIFCO Handed An Island Exclusively For Tuna Processing
State-owned MIFCO will soon be able to expand its tuna operations as the Maldivian government has handed over the island of Thaa atoll Funaddoo to the company. The tuna firm received the...
Migrant Tuna Workers Disrupting Village Life
American Samoa villages are having problems with the employees working at the StarKist Samoa tuna cannery. A guest workers law allows the company to hire people from Samoa to fill the jobs,...
Driver’s Strike Goes On Despite Half-Baked 1 Billion EUR Agreement
The truck drivers’ strike that has been shaking up Spain for the last two weeks is set to continue despite officials calling to resume normal activities after a deal was reached during the...
BB’s Former Owner Lion Capital Likely To Face Price-Fixing Claims
A Californian federal judge has decided that tuna buyers have presented sufficient evidence to pursue antitrust claims for price-fixing canned tuna against the former owners of Bumble Bee,...
Grupomar Clashing With Peruvian Firm Over Failed Joint Venture
An ongoing legal battle is currently taking place in Peru between the Mexican tuna fishing company Grupomar and the Peruvian firm CASAMAR. The clash has been going on for more than three years...
Microplastics In Canned Tuna Mainly Due To Water In Canning Process
A group of scientists has found microplastics (MPs) in commercially canned tuna in analyzed samples in Ecuador. Products in brine were found to have more polymers than items in oil but this is...
Spanish Consumers Find Brands Less Important
Spaniards care very much about the appearance of their tuna and seafood products compared to where it was produced or caught. The brand is also not an influential choice for them, according to...
In Memory Of Manuel Ramirez – Mr. Canned Food
The canned tuna industry has lost an iconic entrepreneur, Manuel Guerreiro Ramirez, who passed away at the age of 80 on March 8. Since he was 21 years old, he had a leading position at...
EU Processors Increased 26 Percent Biz In Africa
EU canned tuna processors increased their exports to African nations by about one-third last year, especially nearly doubling their direct shipments to Morocco. All four major tuna processing...
Truck Drivers’ Strike Hits Spanish Tuna Production
Last Thursday, Spanish canner Calvo announced that starting Monday it will temporarily stop its production because the ongoing transport strike has cut the supply needed to keep operations...
Albo And Frinsa Expand Processing In Vigo
Spanish tuna processors Albo and Frinsa are expanding their canning facilities and have acquired space in the Dry Port of Salvaterra, 35 kilometers from Vigo. Albo bought 63,000 square meters...
Spain Loses 10 Percent Of Canned Tuna Exports In 2021
Canned tuna deliveries within the European region and to international markets fell overall in 2021, pulled along in the wake of Spain’s drop of 10 percent in overall shipments that year. EU...
Bumble Bee Targets Multi Generations With “Good For You” Ad Campaign
Bumble Bee is once again on a roll to market its tuna products as a healthy protein choice for consumers from all walks of life with its new campaign called “Good For You”. The US tuna company...
Isabel, Campos & Atunlo Pushing Spanish APR Logo Growth
The assortment of tuna with the AENOR APR (Tuna From a Responsible Fishery) logo available in Spanish supermarkets is expected to grow significantly in 2022. According to an OPAGAC press...
Can Tuna Processors Weather The Sunflower Oil Crisis?
The tuna industry is being buffeted by global supply chain issues caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Commodities and freight prices are through the roof and now the processing sector is...
Atuna Readers Divided On Spanish Cannery Workers’ Salaries
The salaries of workers in Spanish canneries have been a hot topic, particularly in the last two months. Unions in the country have organized strikes to demand better working conditions...