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....
Tuna Processing News
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...
Can Unrest Wreck Thailand’s Economy And Exports?
On the eve of the World Tuna Conference held in Bangkok, the current state of Thailand’s economy comes to light. As exports remain weak and domestic activity has been depressed by months of...
MW Brands Firms Grip On French Canned Market
MW Brands, through its IOT cannery in Seychelles, continues to firm its dominance in the French canned tuna market. With its brand Petite Navire, being the Mediterranean nation brand leader,...
Thai Union’s First QTR Profit Up 40%
The world’s largest canned tuna producing company has announced huge profit rises of 40 percent year on year for 2014’s first quarter. The three month period has seen Thai Union’s revenue...
Can Ecuador’s Exports To EU Continue To Grow? What Did You Think?
Following a positive result for 2013, can Ecuador, one of the world’s largest canned tuna producing nations, continue its trend? Last year, the South American country displayed significant...
Increased Sales Of USA Tuna On Promotion
US retailers have invested more in tuna this year, selling a significantly higher volume of canned tuna on promotion in the first quarter. During January to March, when the ‘diet’ season kicks...
Greenpeace Credits For Not Stocking USA Big Three
Greenpeace is praising American retailers, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s, for not stocking the US big three tuna brands. More stores across the United States are pushing pole and line products,...
EU’s Main Buyer Increases Canned Imports
It’s the EU’s biggest canned tuna importing nation and its purchases last year have climbed up even further. With a 6.5 percent hike in the product reaching its borders, the United Kingdom has...
RD Tuna Denies Involvement In House Burning
RD Tuna has denied having any involvement in a recent incident where police burned houses in the Maiwara area of Mandang in PNG. Homes to employees of the tuna canning company were set on fire...
Brazil Drives Calvo Group Business Growth
Achieving sales of USD 918 million in 2013, Spanish tuna canner Calvo Group has seen a strong 11 percent surge in its turnover from 2012. Not only did it increase its power in its current...
Shipments To Med EU On The Rise Again
Mediterranean Europe was no exception in the growing trend of the EU’s canned tuna imports last year. The nation region, made up of Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Greece, Malta and Cyprus,...
