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Bumble Bee® Foods was founded by a handful of dedicated canners back in 1899. As a company Bumble Bee® has grown more than our founding fathers would have dreamed. Bumble Bee employs over 1,000 hard working men and women and is an international company selling canned tuna and salmon throughout the world under the Bumble Bee Label and in Canada under the Clover Leaf brand name. Bumble Bee has canning facilities in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; and Santa Fe Springs, Ca. Over the years Bumble Bee has transformed its plants from labor intensive production lines to automated lines. By keeping up with today's technology, Bumble Bee is able to provide a quality product at a competitive price. When consumers see the "Bee" on a canned seafood product, they can be assured it means premium quality seafood. Quality is not all the Bumble Bee brand name stands for, Bumble Bee also stands for variety. Our famous "Bee" can be found on a variety of premium quality seafood products. The Bee is on canned crab meat, shrimp, oysters, clams and of course Bumble Bee best sellers albacore and salmon. Bumble Bee is a full service seafood provider!  1899-A group of 7 canners in Astoria, Oregon banded together as Columbia River Packers Association, CRPA. Their goal was to fish and process Salmon successfully. 1900-In order for the Association to meet its goals they purchased several sailing ships and began building a cannery on Alaska’s Bristol Bay. 1910-First appearance of the Bumble Bee Brand, one of the hundreds of CRPA marketed labels. A new resource, albacore tuna is discovered in seasonal abundance off the Oregon coast. 1920-Columbia River Packers Association began expanding its cannery in Astoria to capitalize on this new resource of Albacore. 1930-1940 Albacore surpassed Salmon as the company’s principal product. CRPA's hardwork and dedication was paying off. The association was becoming a recognized leader in the seafood industry. 1950-CRPA had developed the Bumble Bee brand into one of the most respected premium labels for canned seafood. Castle & Cooke, a prominent Hawaii based seafood company, recognized Bumble Bee as a major force in the industry. By the end of the decade, Castle and Cooke had acquired 61% ownership of CRPA. 1960-The first Bumble Bee Seafoods, Inc. was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Castle & Cook. Later Bumble Bee merged into the parent company as an operating division. 1970-A major purchase of a fleet of large tuna seiners was made in 1975. In 1977 Bumble Bee acquired a tuna cannery in Puerto Rico, and a fishing base operation in Ecuador. At the end of the decade the company continued its expansion program with the purchase of Sun Harbor Industry cannery in San Diego. 1980-Bumble Bee suspend canning operations in Astoria, where it all began. Starting in 1984 Bumble Bee underwent a series of ownership changes. 1990's - In 1997 Bumble Bee was sold to International Home Foods Inc, (IHF). IHF also acquired Orleans Seafoods, Inc. in 1997 which allowed Bumble Bee to launch a new line of "Specialty Products." This new line includes: shrimp; oysters; clams; smoked scallops; anchovies and more. 1999 - Bumble Bee continued to expand with the purchase of a Canadian Company, BC Packers, which provided the leading brand of tuna and salmon in Canada, Clover Leaf (www.cloverleaf.ca). Bumble Bee also began distributing the nations leading brand of high-quality packed Sardines, King Oscar (www.kingoscar.com) 2000 - Bumble Bee is acquired by Conagra Foods. 2003 - Bumble Bee becomes Bumble Bee Seafoods, LLC. 2004 - Bumble Bee Seafoods, LLC combines its business with Connors Bros. Income Fund to become the largest branded seafood company in North America. More... 2005 - Bumble Bee announces name change to Bumble Bee Foods, LLC to reflect its business encompassing seafoods and other meats categories. Connors Bros. Income fund acquires Castleberry/Snow's and assets of Sara Lee Shelf-Stable Meats business. Strengthening Connors Bros as a leading North American branded seafood and canned protein products company. |
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