The newly merged company would house two of the three most recognizable—and consumed—canned tuna brands in the country: Chicken of the Sea, which Thai Union already owns, and now Bumble Bee. She exempted them from the minimum wage increase in 2007 because they have a ton of packing plants in American Samoa and like 75% of AS is employed by Starkist. Del Monte is the parent company of StarKist.
On October 7, the company was bought out by … StarKist Tuna a brand of tuna produced by StarKist Co., an American company based in Pittsburgh's North Shore 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. The brand is now owned by Dongwon Industries, a large company based in South Korea. 'Our contract states we won't buy tuna caught on dolphin,' she said. It is true that StarKist Tuna was, until recently, owned by Del Monte Foods and headquartered in Pelosi’s home district. Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, is a company that produces canned tuna, salmon, other seafoods, and chicken under the brand names "Bumble Bee," "Wild Selections," "Beach Cliff," "Brunswick," and "Snow's." The company is headquartered in San Diego, California, United States. StarKist is a subsidiary of Del Monte Foods,* and the H.J. StarKist Selects E.V.O.O.® Wild-Caught Pink Salmon; StarKist Selects E.V.O.O.® Yellowfin Tuna; StarKist Selects E.V.O.O.® Yellowfin Tuna with Sun-dried Tomato; NEW! It is owned by FCF Co, Ltd. of Taiwan The brand is marketed as Clover Leaf in Canada. Starkists parent is Del Monte from her home town - San Francisco. Heinz Company in turn owns nearly 75% of Del Monte’s stock. Various pieces of Internet flotsam alternately claim that Mr. Pelosi owns
Del Monte contributes a lot of Pelosi's campaigns and her husband, Paul, owns $17 million dollars of stock in starkist.
At one time, StarKist Tuna was owned by Del Monte and at another time it was owned by H. J. Heinz Company. Paul Pelosi owns a $17 million investment in H. J. Heinz's company, which in turn owns ~75% of Del Monte Corp's stock. StarKist E.V.O.O.™ Yellowfin Tuna with Lemon Pepper; Classics in Water and Oil (Pouch) Chunk Light Tuna in Water (Pouch) Chunk Light Tuna in Sunflower Oil (Pouch) Starkist spokesman Erik Bloemendaal in Long Beach, Calif. said his company, an affiliate of H.J.