StarKist Tuna has added a new product line to its Tuna Creations range; single-serve tuna pouches which are specifically aimed at children. According to StarKist’s website, the new pouches...
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Tesco Misleading Consumers On Drained Weight Price?
Inconsistent pricing on the UK shelves of Tesco’s canned tuna aisle appears to be misleading consumers, who are being informed of an incorrect and far too low drained weight price on the...
Vietnam Solidifies Position In US Canned Tuna Market
For the third year in a row, Vietnamese exporters appear to be maintaining their place as the second largest supplier of canned tuna to the US, cementing the country as a major player in the...
Nestlé: Enforcement Among Thai Suppliers Can Be Challenging
Following a consumer fueled complaint targeted at Nestlé in regards to some of its Thai suppliers, the Swiss food conglomerate admits that enforcement throughout its supply chain is a...
Tuna Caught Up In Dutch Cocaine Discovery
The Rotterdam Public Prosecutor, in the Netherlands, has intercepted around 110 kilograms of cocaine that was packed between cans of tuna in a container that arrived into a port within the...
Japan SKJ Price Climbs Over Global Benchmark
Brine-frozen skipjack prices have taken an upward trend in Japan, with the most recent deals being made at rates of more than 15 percent higher than last month. The market is expected to stay...
Price-Fixing Lawsuits Could Reach Thousands
Another lawsuit is added to the list of those alleging the US big three tuna brands of conspiring to fix prices this week, as the count adds up to at least four. With individual consumers now...
Silver Food Tuna Cannery Under New Ownership
Talem Africa, an African-focused food and beverage firm, has announced that it has bought 100 percent of the shares of Silver Food, a market leader in producing and selling canned tuna both in...
Spain Boosts Exports In Falling Market
Against the odds of a falling market, Spain’s pre-cooked tuna loin exports showed significant strength last year, climbing 16 percent from 2013 volumes. The volume of the product shipped...
Strike 3: Another Lawsuit On Big 3 Price-Fixing
Allegations against the US big 3 tuna brands for fixing prices in the American market have hit a hat-trick, as a lawsuit filed by Texas-based distributor, Affiliated Foods, joins two other...
Questions Over TUF’s Role In 2 Competing UK Football Clubs
After questions have been raised in regard to price fixing by Thai Union and other tuna firms, it seems British footballing authorities are beginning to ask similar questions in relation to...
Lischewski Invests In Heavily Indebted American Seafoods
After struggling under a heavy debt load for several years, American Seafoods has new backers, including Bumble Bee Foods CEO, Chris Lischewski. Along with two other investors, Lischewski,...
Top Five Exporters To The US Market
Recent data gathered by atuna.com has shown a small year on year rise in the first five months of 2015 in canned tuna imports into the US market. Last year, a total of around 117,851 M/T of...
Analysts Slash TUF’s 2016 Earnings Estimate
Analysts have taken a hefty chunk out of 2016 earnings predictions for Thai Union, taking Bumble Bee out of the equation. However, even without a BB buy, they state that the company’s outlook...
Low Growth Triggers Fall In Container Freight Prices
Lower growth in China and a slow-moving Eurozone economy is impacting container volumes, driving a dramatic drop in container freight prices on the world’s busiest shipping route. Strong...
TUF May Cut Stake In Chicken Of The Sea
Thai Union has indicated that it may cut its holding in US top tuna brand Chicken of the Sea (COS) in order to help facilitate its planned purchase of Bumble Bee Seafoods (BB). Going ahead...
GenSan Tuna Display Awarded Guinness World Record
Guinness World Records has officially recognized a huge display of more than 25,000 kilograms of fresh yellowfin tuna as the largest simultaneous display of fish in the world. The official...
Spanish Canners Want Equal EU And US Import Tariffs
Aspiring to level the playing field across the Atlantic Ocean, Spanish tuna processors are calling for equal EU and US tariffs on canned fish and shellfish. The sector argues that the 35...
Sustainable Tuna Reaping High Prices In USA
Sustainability has been taken to the US canned tuna market, just not at the most noticeable rate. For decades the less than one dollar 5oz can has dominated US shelves, but now a handful of...
Are UK Retailers Trapped In A “Pole And Line Cage”?
Following pressure predominantly from Greenpeace, many top UK supermarkets, including Sainsbury’s and Tesco, have committed themselves to sourcing 100 percent pole and line tuna for their...