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StarKist Tuna is a brand of tuna produced by StarKist Co., an American company formerly based in Pittsburgh's North Shore [1] that is now wholly owned by Dongwon Industries of South Korea. It was purchased by Dongwon from the American food manufacturer Del Monte Foods on June 24, 2008, for slightly more than $300 million. [ 2 ]
Charlie the Tuna is the cartoon mascot and spokes-tuna for the StarKist brand. He was created in 1961 by Tom Rogers [1] of the Leo Burnett Agency. [2] StarKist Tuna is owned by Dongwon Industries, a South Korea–based conglomerate. [3] Charlie is one of the most recognized characters in American advertising. [4]
Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, is an American company that produces canned tuna, salmon, other seafoods, and chicken under the brand names "Bumble Bee," "Wild Selections," "Beach Cliff," "Brunswick," and "Snow's." [1] The brand is marketed as "Clover Leaf" in Canada. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California, United States.
Dongwon is South Korea's largest fishing company and the owner of StarKist Tuna. [2] Kim Nam-jung, the son of Kim Jae-chul, serves as the current chairman and CEO of Dongwon Group. Korea Investment Holdings, one of Korea's largest financial companies, was a financial branch of Dongwon Chaebol. The firm is now owned and managed by Kim Nam-goo ...
Del Monte shares the building with AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh and the headquarters of former Del Monte subsidiary StarKist Tuna. In the 1870s and 1880s, California became a major producer of fruits and vegetables. The Hotel Del Monte was a famous resort hotel on the Monterey Peninsula which first built what is now Pebble Beach Golf Links. [15]
Martin Joseph Bogdanovich (November 5, 1882 – June 18, 1944) was a Croatian American fisherman, entrepreneur, and founder of the seafood company now known as StarKist. [ 1 ] Early life
Fisheries inspectors had found that StarKist tuna, processed by a New Brunswick plant, had spoiled, and declared that it was “unfit for human consumption.” [1] A St. Andrews, New Brunswick plant had processed the tuna, and the forced destruction of a million cans of tuna would likely cause the plant to close down. The owners of the plant ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by StarKist Co, owned by South Korea's Dongwon Industries, to avoid a lawsuit by tuna buyers accusing it of fixing prices. The justices ...