As tuna consumption rises in South Korea, and households generally get smaller, brands are responding to the shift by launching convenient, small and diversified tuna products in order to stay...
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Guilty Plea From StarKist Exec In Price Fixing Case
After facing charges last month, former StarKist employee, Stephen Hodge, has now pleaded guilty for the role he played in conspiracy to fix prices of shelf-stable tuna on the US market, and...
Why German Import Slip Doesn’t Reflect Demand
Demand for canned tuna in the German market is stable and even increasing, one importer states, despite the fact that there was a substantial slip in volume reaching German buyers in the first...
Alibaba Coop Highlights TU’s Big Bets On Chinese Market
The world’s biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba, has announced a strategic cooperation with Thai Union to bring a range of its seafood products to the largest consumer market in the world;...
BKK Market Reaches 3 Year Record On SKJ Price
With limited whole round skipjack supply still reaching Bangkok, traders are trying to push prices up even further, aware that packers have considerable demand for raw material. This has seen...
Readers Generous On Sustainable Sourcing Deadlines
Sustainable tuna sourcing is a goal that most companies are working toward, however some are imposing much lengthier deadlines to achieve this than others. That’s why for the latest Atuna...
UK Sales Show Recovering Appetite For Frozen Tuna
Shoppers in the UK have again increased their purchases of frozen tuna products, at a time when more traditional canned tuna references appear to be less popular. Although frozen tuna sales...
Kiribati Gets EU Green Light On Tuna Exports
With one of the most tuna rich EEZs of the PNA nations, Kiribati has been officially approved as an EU Competent Authority (CA), giving the green light for processors in the Pacific island...
Did Big 3 Keep New Competition Out Of The Market?
As a recent entrant into the US canned tuna conspiracy case, major retailer, Target has claimed that the Big 3 brands and their parent firms were protected from new and existing major players...
Fresh Tuna Thriving In UK Retail Sales
Although shelf stable tuna is continuing to struggle in UK supermarket sales, other categories such as fresh tuna are thriving. This more boldly underlines an earlier identified trend that...
Major Brazilian Tuna Brand Eyes Stock Market Entrance
The owner of one of Brazil's canned tuna market leaders appears to be gearing up for an Initial Public Offering (IPO), with reports that major banks have been instructed to coordinate the...
Tsukiji Tuna Market Move Finally Reality?
The famous Tsukiji fish market, which is renowned for its tuna auctions, is now set to be moved to its new location as Tokyo’s governor has backtracked on her concerns about contamination at...
Thai Canners Hit By “Suffering” US Private Label Market
A notable drop in Thai canned tuna shipped to the United States gives firm indication that demand for this product remains considerably slow, and one US importer describes business for the...
Alliance Invests In Tuna Expansion Pursuit
Major Filipino tuna canner and exporter, Alliance Select, wants to expand its tuna business in several markets and is this year investing PHP 30 million (USD 600,960) in equipment to enlarge...
Big Chinese Player Absorbed, Albo Set To Profit
One of China's largest seafood firms and parent company to iconic Spanish brand, Albo, has been absorbed by State Owned Enterprise (SEO), Bright Food Group, which holds major distribution...
Amazon Buys Whole Foods In $13.7 Billion Deal
US-born major e-commerce company, Amazon, has bought American retailer, Whole Foods, for USD 13.7 billion, a deal that could have big implication for the US food retail segment. The...
MSC Conscious Australia Rising Market For Thai Canners
Thailand’s tuna canners haven’t seen growth in many major markets in recent months, but thanks to their access to MSC certified catch, they are fulfilling a strong and increasing demand among...
Dutch Shoppers Increase Spend On MSC
Consumers in the Netherlands are increasingly opting for sustainable seafood and looking for the MSC logo when buying fish products, a move propped up by the fact that tuna brands on the...
5 Tips To Avoid Scandal Like US Tuna Conspiracy
The sheer scale of the ongoing US canned tuna conspiracy case, which some lawyers state has engulfed an entire industry, has led legal experts to offer 5 tips to firms and their attorneys on...
Chinese E-Commerce Giant Drops Tuna After 3 Days
Chinese online retail giant JD.com has banned the selling of bluefin tuna on its website after pressure from NGOs. As China has been regarded as reluctant in the past to take certain tuna...