type private industry seafood founded 1899 headquarters san diego california usa owner lion capital website www.bumblebee.com bumble bee foods in santa fe springs california 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. 1 the company is headquartered in san diego california united states . the brand is marketed as clover leaf in canada . it is now owned by the british private equity firm lion capital . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 recalls 1.2 worksite accident 2 canneries 3 advertisements 4 see also 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links history edit the bumble bee company began in 1899 when seven salmon canners in astoria oregon formed the columbia river packers association crpa under the leadership of a. b. hammond . 3 4 the bumble bee brand was introduced in 1910 . 3 the crpa incorporated in 1924 and in 1946 transamerica acquired a controlling interest in crpa inc. 4 after partnering with wards cove packing company in 1959 crpa became the world s largest salmon packer . 4 in 1961 castle & cooke acquired crpa by merger and changed the name of the company to bumble bee seafoods after its most famous brand . 4 since the mid 1980s bumble bee has gone through a number of ownership changes beginning with castle & cooke s sale of bumble bee in a leveraged buyout to management in 1985 . the management team having paid off their leveraged debt before their 5 year goal sold bumble bee to pillsbury in 1988 contingent upon the president patrick rose and the management team staying on for five years 5 pillsbury in turn following its december 1988 hostile takeover by grand metropolitan plc was forced to sell the brand the next year to the thai company unicord . 6 bumble bee went bankrupt in 1997 and was sold to international home foods the former food unit of american home products . conagra foods acquired international home foods in 2000 ; it sold bumble bee to the private equity firm centre partners in 2003 . the canadian company connors brothers limited merged with bumble bee in 2004 . the company was renamed bumble bee foods llc in 2005 . 3 centre partners acquired the company again in 2008 and sold it to lion capital in 2010 . in august 2015 bumble bee foods was sued accused of colluding with chicken of the sea and starkist to fix prices . 7 bumble bee foods was in talks to merge with chicken of the sea but it was called off december 3 2015 after justice department expressed serious concerns . 1 8 recalls edit in 1982 40 million cans of bumble bee tuna were recalled due to holes in some cans . 9 in 2007 a case of botulism caused by food produced at a castleberry s food company plant owned and operated by bumble bee prompted a recall . in 2010 the usda announced a recall of bumble bee chicken salad products due to pieces of plastic found in packaging . 10 worksite accident edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . may 2016 this article needs to be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . may 2016 on october 11 2012 a worker died in a pressure cooker at the santa fe springs california bumble bee plant . 11 in 2013 the company was fined nearly 74 000 and cited for six safety violations for the death . 12 in april 2015 felony charges related to the accident were brought against the company the director of plant operations and the director of safety . the los angeles district attorney alleged that the accused willfully violated worker safety rules . 13 canneries edit the company formerly ran a cannery in astoria oregon the samuel elmore cannery which had been designated a national historic landmark . the deteriorating structure was later slated for demolition and the facility burned down in 1993 . today the company has canneries in mayag ez puerto rico and santa fe springs california . 3 advertisements edit the brand is known for its yum yum bumble bee advertising jingle . 14 the jingle was adapted into a song by the ska band mephiskapheles on their 1994 record god bless satan . 15 see also edit marshall j. kinney cannery union fishermen s cooperative packing company alderbrook station references edit a b http www.justice.gov opa pr chicken sea and bumble bee abandon tuna merger after justice department expresses serious bumble bee foods announces completion of acquisition by lion capital . bumble bee foods . december 15 2010 . retrieved march 29 2014 . a b c d all about bumble bee . bumble bee foods . retrieved march 29 2014 . a b c d martin irene . columbia river packers association . the oregon encyclopedia . bumble bee seafoods l.l.c. history . funding universe . retrieved march 29 2014 . company news ; bumble bee seafoods sold to thai concern . the new york times . august 17 1989 . retrieved march 29 2014 . lawsuit alleges starkist colluded over prices ; ansys reports dip in profits ; arnet steps aside at women and girls foundation . pittsburgh star gazette . 6 august 2015 . retrieved 26 august 2015 . chicken of sea bumble bee abandon tuna merger as us objects . abc news . retrieved 2015 12 04 . burros marian june 9 1982 . recall of tuna proceeds slowly . the new york times . retrieved march 29 2014 . saltzman sammy december 6 2010 . chicken salad recalled by bumble bee complete product list . cbs news . retrieved march 29 2014 . worker dies after being cooked in tuna plant oven . cbs los angeles . october 12 2012 . retrieved march 29 2014 . vives ruben may 10 2013 . details emerge about how bumble bee worker died in pressure cooker . los angeles times . retrieved march 29 2014 . bumble bee charged in gruesome worker oven death . cnn money . april 28 2015 . retrieved 15 june 2015 . bumble bee seafoods launches first brand marketing campaign since 1987 press release . business wire . april 28 1998 . retrieved march 29 2014 . thompson dave 2000 . alternative rock . hal leonard corp. p. 113 . isbn 0 87930 607 6 . further reading edit martin irene ; roger tetlow 2011 . flight of the bumble bee the columbia river packers association & a century in the pursuit of fish . long beach wa chinook observer . isbn 978 061554845 6 . external links edit bumble bee cannery museum hanthorn cannery foundation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bumble bee foods & oldid 743674507 categories 1910 establishments in oregonamerican companies established in 1910astoria oregoncanned meatcolumbia rivercompanies based in san diegofood and drink companies established in 1910food product brandsprivate equity portfolio companiesseafood companies of the united stateshidden categories articles to be expanded from may 2016all articles to be expandedarticles using small message boxeswikipedia articles in need of updating from may 2016all wikipedia articles in need of updating navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 17 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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