Maruha Nichiro

Japan's Maruha Nichiro snaps up Vietnam-based Sai Gon Food

13 Jan 2021

Japan-based seafood giant Maruha Nichiro is eyeing south-east Asian expansion after acquiring a food firm in Vietnam.

Maruha Nichiro to sell Peter Pan Seafoods to Alaskan investors

2 Nov 2020

Japan seafood giant Maruha Nichiro is to sell its US-based Peter Pan Seafoods business, it has announced.

Japan seafood giant Maruha Nichiro names new CEO

4 Feb 2020

A change at the top of one of the world's largest seafood companies, Japan's Maruha Nichiro, has been announced.

Seafood Connection extends reach with stake in Spain's Inlet Seafish

4 Apr 2019

Japanese business group Maruha Nichiro is taking a stake in Spain-based Inlet Seafish, a producer of frozen seafood, sushi and sashimi.

Maruha Nichiro-owned Anova sells frozen operations to Seafood Connection

14 Nov 2018

Netherlands-based Anova Seafood is selling its frozen operations to concentrate on the processing and sale of fresh and chilled products.

Maruha Nichiro's Seafood Connection takes over fellow Dutch firm Weerstand

2 Oct 2017

The Netherlands-based Seafood Connection has taken full control of fellow Dutch fish business Weerstand Beheer, in which it has been a long-time minority shareholder.

Maruha Nichiro books earnings surge 

20 Feb 2017

Japan's Maruha Nichiro revealed a surge in third quarter earnings despite lower sales during the period. 

Seafood giants sign up to new sustainability plan

14 Dec 2016

Eight of the world's major seafood companies have signed up to a ten-point ocean stewardship plan to try to boost traceability and crack down on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in their supply chains.

Maruha Nichiro ups FY profit forecast

24 Nov 2016

Maruha Nichiro, the Japan-based seafood group, has raised its forecast for annual profits - despite cutting its estimate for full-year sales - after a second quarter of rising earnings.

Maruha Nichiro Q1 profits up, sales down

10 Aug 2016

Maruha Nichiro, the Japan-based frozen food and seafood business, has posted an increase in first-quarter profits despite a dip in sales.

Japan's Maruha Nichiro reports mixed annual results

10 May 2016

Maruha Nichiro Corp., the Japanese food group, has reported a 43% drop in annual earnings due to impairment losses - but booked higher operating profit and sales.

Maruha Nichiro invests in New Zealand seafood business Sanford

8 Mar 2016

Maruha Nichiro, the Japan-based food group, has bought a stake in New Zealand seafood processor Sanford.

Maruha Nichiro books mixed 9M results

3 Feb 2015

Japanese food group Maruha Nichiro has reported higher nine-month net income and sales but saw operating profit drop on the cost of raw materials.

JAPAN: Costs, currency hit Maruha Nichiro FY earnings

30 May 2014

Japanese food group Maruha Nichiro Corp. has reported lower annual profits amid a drop in earnings from its processed food business.

JAPAN: Maruha Nichiro employee arrested, execs resign over recall

30 Jan 2014

A worker at Maruha Nichiro Holdings, the Japanese company at the centre of a recent food recall, has been arrested and the recall expanded in the wake of news the malathion contamination scare is believed to be the result of deliberate tampering.

JAPAN: Maruha Nichiro in massive pesticide recall

3 Jan 2014

Japanese food group Maruha Nichiro Holdings has launched an investigation into how a number of its products became contaminated with a pesticide, sparking a recall of 88 products in the country.