Bumble Bee Foods, LLC is a North American brand of canned tuna, salmon, other seafoods, and chicken. The brand is owned by Centre Partners Management, LLC of New York, New York, but is headquartered in San Diego, California, United States. The brand is marketed as Clover Leaf in Canada.

[edit] History

The Bumble Bee company began in 1899 when seven salmon canners in Astoria, Oregon formed the Columbia River Packers Association.^[1] The Bumble Bee brand was introduced in 1910.^[1]

The company formerly ran a cannery in Astoria, the Samuel Elmore Cannery, which had been designated a National Historic Landmark. The deteriorating structure was later slated for demolition, and the facility burned in 1993. Today the company has canneries in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico and Santa Fe Springs, California.^[1]

[edit] Advertisements

The brand is famous for its "Yum Yum Bumble Bee" advertising jingle.^[2] The jingle was adapted into a song by the ska band Mephiskapheles on their 1994 record God Bless Satan.^[3]

[edit] References

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