Bumble Bee has launched a new tuna product called Protein on the Run, which looks to supply consumers with a healthy snack high in protein. Although the company already has several...
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Princes UK Drops Plastic Containers
Princes Food BV, which is responsible for the canned tuna brand of the same name, has announced that it will stop using expanded polystyrene (EPS) containers in its Napolitana and Hunger...
Century Tuna Superbods Turns Into Online Platform
Century Tuna's annual fitness competition, Superbods, lined up 34 finalists this year. Normally, the leading canned tuna brand in the Philippines would organize challenges to select the male...
Portugal Promotes Consumption Of National Tuna
Portuguese authorities joined together to start the campaign Let’s Preserve What Is Ours, which promotes the consumption of preserved seafood produced nationally to favor the country's economy...
2000 Year-Old Tuna Amphorae Recovered
During the routine inspection of a frozen seafood shop, the Spanish Civil Guard recovered 13 Roman Amphorae from the First Century, which were decorating the store. As described in...
Shady Tuna Supplier Reached El Salvador Emergency Program
The government of El Salvador has distributed canned tuna from a Mexican company that previously supplied low-quality products at very high prices to Venezuelans. The firm in question is...
COVID-19 Boosts Grupo Herdez’s Tuna Sales
Yesterday, Mexican company Grupo Herdez announced that canned tuna was one of its best-selling categories in 2020’s second quarter (Q2) results. The firm increased net sales year-on-year that...
SIAL Paris 2020 Rescheduled To 2022
This year's SIAL Food Fair, which was scheduled for October 18 to 22 in Paris, has been canceled and the next edition is scheduled for October 15 to 19, 2022. The bi-annual event is one of the...
Dongwon’s Innovative Tuna Marketing Reaching Generation Z
Dongwon strikes again with yet another innovative canned tuna presentation in Korea. This time it has released retro packaging that looks to target Millennials and Generation Z consumers who...
Rare Case Of Mislabeled Tuna In Aussie Woolworths
During about 20 years of reporting, Atuna has rarely come across mislabeling issues in the tuna industry. In a rare case, Woolworths, Australia’s largest supermarket chain is investigating a...
TU’s Belgian Mackerel Market Leader Introduces Yellowfin
The premium Mackerel market leader in Belgium, FEUILLE D’OR, has extended its product range and for the first time ever included a new canned tuna product. The brand is part of Thai Union’s...
Thai Union Repurchasing Scheme Bearing Some Fruit
Update of the repurchase of shares by Thai Union. Its Board of Directors announced the re-buy in March setting the limits on a maximum of 200 million shares and not exceeding THB...
EU Pays Cape Verde Less Than Seychelles
The EU-Cape Verde fisheries agreement signed on May 20, 2019, officially entered into force for both parties on July 8. The partnership will allow boats from Spain, France, and Portugal to...
Pacific Sashimi Biz Suffers From Food Service Closure
The fear of a second COVID-19 wave is keeping several economies from completely reopening, and this is affecting many tuna distributors. In the Pacific, the sashimi business is suffering as...
Italians Create Highest Added Value On Their Tuna
Italian canned tuna has consistently been one of the highest valued in the EU market, always staying well above all other origins including the two leading EU suppliers, Ecuador and Spain. The...
Tesco Retails “Free, Not Farmed” Albacore Steak
Consumers will be able to buy "Free, Not Farmed" tuna albacore tuna steaks and smoked sockeye from Tesco UK retail stores. It will be sold under the Leap brand from UK processor New England...
Coper & Subsidiary Atunlo Separate Their Infrastructure
The Vigo-based company, COPER SL, has decided to physically detach from its subsidiary Atunlo, which it founded in 2007 in collaboration with PEVASA and INPESCA. After sharing infrastructure...
Thailand Loses In Rapidly Growing Czech Retail Market
The Czech canned tuna market is expanding given that the volume it took in 2019 was the highest in the past five years. The country imported 15 percent more of this product last year compared...
Tuna Sandwich In Middle Of US Politics, Again
US media has once again pulled the humble but tasty tuna sandwich into the middle of American politics. In a CNN interview, Jack Spielman, a Republican army veteran, said that he “would rather...
Maldives Yellowfin Exports Revenue Fell In Q1 2020
Earnings from fresh and chilled yellowfin exports from the Maldives took a hit in the first quarter of 2020, according to the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA). During this period, the country...