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'''StarKist Tuna''' is a brand of [[tuna]] produced by StarKist Co., an American company formerly based in [[Pittsburgh]]'s North Shore<ref name="post-gazette" /> 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.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/business/worldbusiness/24starkist.html?_r=0 Del Monte Sells StarKist Unit to S. Korean Company, The New York Times, June 24, 2008]</ref> In 2021, the headquarters were moved to [[Reston, Virginia]].

==History==
[[File:Bob Hope - Star-Kist is the best Tuna, 1949.jpg|thumb|1949 ad for the product with [[Bob Hope]]]]
StarKist was founded in 1917 in [[San Pedro, California]]<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/fisheries/migratory_species/san_pedro_ti_tuna_industry_historical_overview.html|title=Historical Overview: Tuna Fishing & Canning in San Pedro – Terminal Island :: NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region|last=Region|first=NOAA Fisheries West Coast|website=www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov|language=en-us|access-date=2019-07-10))</ref> (known historically as "Fish Harbor")<ref>((Cite web|url=http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2015/11/07/martin-bogdanovich-launches-an-empire-in-fish-harbor/|title=Martin Bogdanovich launches an empire in Fish Harbor ((!)) South Bay History|website=blogs.dailybreeze.com|access-date=2019-07-10))</ref> as the French Sardine Company of California, by [[Martin J. Bogdanovich]] (an immigrant from [[Croatia]]) and several partners. Bogdanovich is known for his innovations related to refrigeration of the seafood product with crushed ice.<ref name=":0">((Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/04/14/wealthy-mystery-man-surfaces-on-hill/7bda4470-9cf3-498e-b25a-17b657e825c8/|title=WEALTHY MYSTERY MAN SURFACES ON HILL|date=1995-04-14|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2019-07-10|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286))</ref> They first marketed tuna under the Starkist name in 1942. Bogdanovich died in 1944 and his son Joseph (1912–2005)<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Joseph-Bogdanovich/6000000035194535602|title=Joseph James Bogdanovich|website=geni_family_tree|date=May 9, 1912 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-10))</ref> took over the business. The company changed its name to Starkist Foods in 1953; at the time, its facility on [[Terminal Island]] was the largest tuna processing facility in the world.

Since 1961 its [[mascot]] has been [[Charlie the Tuna]], an [[anthropomorphic]] [[cartoon]] [[tuna]]. Commercials usually featured the phrase "Sorry, Charlie". StarKist was acquired by [[Heinz|the H.J. Heinz Company]] in 1963.

In 1984, the Terminal Island cannery operations were shut down.<ref>((Cite news|last=Littlejohn|first=Donna|date=2021-12-24|title=Port plans to demolish San Pedro's empty Star-Kist cannery draws objections|url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2021/12/24/port-plans-to-demolish-san-pedros-empty-star-kist-cannery-draws-objections|access-date=2021-12-25|newspaper=Daily Breeze|language=en-US))</ref> In 1988, Heinz spun off its pet food brands (including its flagship [[9Lives]] cat food brand, which was introduced as a tuna-based cat food in 1959) into a separate division (Joseph Bogdanovich became a Heinz vice-chairman).<ref name=":0" /><ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-02-fi-696-story.html|title=Heinz Divides Star-Kist Into 2 Separate Units|date=1988-11-02|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2019-07-10|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035))</ref> Heinz sold both divisions to Del Monte in 2002.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Business_News/2002/06/13/Heinz-sells-several-units-to-Del-Monte/25751023982057/|title=Heinz sells several units to Del Monte|last=|first=|date=June 13, 2002|website=UPI|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-07-10))</ref>

In August 2015, StarKist settled a [[class-action lawsuit]] claiming that the company was guilty of deliberately "under-filling" five-ounce cans of tuna.<ref>((cite news|title=Lawsuit filed against StarKist after company allegedly underfilled tuna cans|url=http://fox4kc.com/2015/08/26/lawsuit-filed-against-starkist-after-company-allegedly-underfilled-tuna-cans/|accessdate=26 August 2015|publisher=Fox Four Kansas City|date=26 August 2015))</ref> Earlier that same month, StarKist was sued, accused of [[collusion|colluding]] with [[Bumble Bee Foods]] and [[Chicken of the Sea]] to fix prices.<ref name="post-gazette" >((cite news|title=Lawsuit alleges StarKist colluded over prices; Ansys reports dip in profits; Arnet steps aside at Women and Girls Foundation|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/business/news-briefs/2015/08/06/Lawsuit-alleges-StarKist-colluded-over-prices-Ansys-reports-dip-in-profits-Arnet-steps-aside-at-Women-and-Girls-Foundation/stories/201508060070|accessdate=26 August 2015|publisher=Pittsburgh Star Gazette|date=6 August 2015))</ref>

On October 18, 2018, StarKist agreed to plead guilty to a felony price fixing charge as part of a broad collusion investigation of the canned tuna industry by the [[United States Department of Justice]].<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2018/10/18/starkist-fixing-tuna-prices-collusion-fine/1688008002/|title=StarKist admits fixing tuna prices, faces $100 million fine for collusion|author=Staff Writer|date=2018-10-18|work=[[USA Today]]|accessdate=2018-10-19))</ref> On September 11, 2019, StarKist was fined $100 million, the maximum statutory fine.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.nationalfisherman.com/national-international/starkist-hit-with-100-million-fine-for-tuna-price-fixing/|title=StarKist hit with $100 million fine for tuna price fixing|date=2019-09-12|website=National Fisherman|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-13))</ref>

In September 2019, the plaintiffs who had signed up for the class-action lawsuit that was "settled" in August 2015 were finally paid their share of the settlement. Plaintiffs who signed up for the $50 in tuna certificates received a coupon good for $5.03 provided they buy at least three Starkist products totaling more than that amount. Plaintiffs who signed up for the $25 cash received a PayPal payment of $2.38 representing their share of the settlement after the law firm's costs had been deducted.

StarKist moved its corporate headquarters to [[Reston, Virginia]] in 2022.<ref>((cite web |title=StarKist Opens its New Corporate Headquarters in Reston, VA |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/starkist-opens-its-new-corporate-headquarters-in-reston-va-301517907.html |publisher=Cision PR Newswire |access-date=4 February 2023 |date=5 April 2022))</ref>

==See also==
* [[Tunagate]]

==References==
((Reflist|30em))

==External links==
* [http://starkist.com/ Official site]
* [http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz0002skjz Image of workers picketing the StarKist cannery on Terminal Island, California,1984.] [[Los Angeles Times]] Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, [[Charles E. Young Research Library]], [[University of California, Los Angeles]].

[[Category:Seafood companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Del Monte Foods brands]]
[[Category:Fish processing companies]]
[[Category:Food product brands]]
[[Category:2008 mergers and acquisitions]]
[[Category:American companies established in 1917]]
[[Category:American subsidiaries of foreign companies]]

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