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Big Food's stake in the future – in-house venture-capital funds
29 Mar 2021
Our guide to some of the in-house venture-capital funds operated by the world's major packaged-food companies.

Covid-19 and the food industry in 2021 – daily updates, Wednesday 10 March (free to read)
10 Mar 2021
As we enter 2021, just-food continues to provide daily updates on how Covid-19 is still affecting the world's packaged food sector – and how executives see the market taking shape.

Thai Union quits Middle East venture
22 Feb 2021
The Thailand-based seafood giant is selling up and leaving a venture signed six years ago after the business failed to hit expectations.

Cell-seafood firm BlueNalu interested in Asia test in wake of US approval
21 Jan 2021
The fledgling Californian company, which this week announced more fundraising, is eyeing markets outside its home turf.

Thai Union backs US cell-seafood firm BlueNalu
20 Jan 2021
BlueNalu, a US firm developing cell-based seafood, has secured fresh funding – with one of the world's largest seafood groups among the backers.

Thai Union settles US tuna price-fixing case
12 Jan 2021
Seafood giant Thai Union has revealed it has settled a long-standing civil case linked to tuna price-fixing.

Thai Union sets up new Singapore subsidiary to tap into food-tech
3 Nov 2020
Seafood giant Thai Union Group has announced it has established a new subsidiary in South-east Asia to tap into regional developments in food-tech.

Thai Union forms joint venture for "nutritious food" and beverages
6 Oct 2020
Thai Union Group, the seafood processor that owns the John West tuna brand, has formed a joint venture in the country through one of its subsidiaries.

Covid-19 food industry updates – Friday 18 September (free to read)
18 Sep 2020
just-food is providing daily updates on how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the world's packaged food sector.

Thai Union becomes largest investor in US restaurant chain Red Lobster
1 Sep 2020
Seafood giant Thai Union has put more money into the US restaurant business in which it first invested four years ago.

Thai Union buys control of Russian seafood firm DPR
11 Aug 2020
Thai Union Group, the Thailand-based seafood major, has moved to acquire a majority shareholding in an overseas business.

Thai Union to close domestic plant
11 Aug 2020
Thai Union Group has decided to close one of its manufacturing facilities, with the seafood major citing Covid-19 as a factor.

3 Jul 2020
This week's new product offerings include a global take on Old El Paso kits from US food group General Mills and a new 'superfood' cereal for kids from Kellogg-owned Kashi.

Investor spotlight on animal protein over "pandemic risk"
3 Jun 2020
The global animal-protein industry is "vulnerable to zoonotic outbreaks and guilty of creating them", new research from an international investor group has claimed.

Blaze hits Thai Union plant in Canada
26 May 2020
Seafood titan Thai Union Group has reported a fire at a processing plant in North America has "significantly affected" operations at the facility.

Covid-19 - Thai Union re-opens Ghana cannery
12 May 2020
Seafood giant Thai Union Group has partially re-opened a cannery closed after an employee tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

How could Covid-19 change how we think about food?
11 May 2020
Ben Cooper looks at the possible lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on consumer attitudes to food and on the global food system.

6 Dec 2019
Ben Cooper speaks to Dr Darian McBain, global director of corporate affairs and sustainability at Thai Union, about attempts to put sustainability at the heart of the business.

Former Bumble Bee CEO Chris Lischewski found guilty of price fixing
4 Dec 2019
The former chief executive of US-based Bumble Bee Foods, Chris Lischewski, has been found guilty of price fixing.

Thai Union launches venture fund, makes first investment
17 Oct 2019
Thai Union Group has become the latest food company to launch a venture fund and has announced the recipient of its first investment.

Europe backs Smart Protein project in plant-based food innovation
4 Oct 2019
An initiative under the European Commission's Horizon 2020 innovation programme will be launched next year to foster development in plant-based foods.

Thai Union strikes another deal with Alibaba
13 Mar 2019
Thai Union Group has secured another agreement with retail giant Alibaba in China, a market the seafood giant says is key to its growth.

Thai Union's Chicken of the Sea settles major lawsuit
11 Jan 2019
Chicken of the Sea, the US seafood business owned by Thai Union Group, has settled an anti-trust lawsuit involving more than two dozen customers.

Thai Union Group to wind down UK unit Edinburgh Salmon Co.
29 Nov 2018
A UK-based firm owned by Thai Union Group will cease operations by the end of the year, it has revealed.

Thai Union Group mulls sale of UK arm Edinburgh Salmon Co.
28 Sep 2018
Thai Union Group is mulling a sale of its UK subsidiary the Edinburgh Salmon Company amid "heavy" losses and "highly challenging" market conditions.

Thai Union takes 25% stake in Thammachart Seafood Retail
25 Jun 2018
Thai Union Group has entered into an agreement to buy a 25.1% stake in Thammachart Seafood Retail Co., which provides management services for local seafood retailers, for THB37m (US$1.1m).

23 Feb 2018
just-food presents the key metrics from company financials in bitesize format, with analyst insight and social media comment alongside graphs illustrating a business' historical performance to give you an easy-to-read digest of the numbers you need to know.

Earnings summary - Conagra Brands sees income rise; General Mills revises full-year guidance
21 Dec 2017
just-food presents the key metrics from company financials in bitesize format, with analyst insight and social media comment alongside graphs illustrating a business' historical performance to give you an easy-to-read digest of the numbers you need to know.

Thai Union, Actemsa to work with WWF on Brazil fish sourcing
3 Oct 2017
Thai Union Group and Brazilian seafood business Actemsa are to launch a fishery improvement project for the pole-and-line skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna fishery in the southern and south-eastern coastal areas of the Latin American country.
Thai Union outs self as whistleblower in US tuna price-fixing case
11 Sep 2017
Thai Union Group, the Thailand-based seafood supplier, has confirmed it is the whistleblower in the US investigation into claims of price-fixing in the country's tuna sector.
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