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Thai Union Group

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Producer of seafood-based food products

Thai Union Group PCL is a Thailand-based producer of seafood based products. It was founded in 1977, and was listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) on 22 November 1994. Thai Union operates worldwide with plant facilities in France, Germany, Ghana, Poland, Portugal, Papua New Guinea, Norway, Seychelles, Scotland, Vietnam, Thailand and the United States.2 It is headquartered in Bangkok.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Mar 17, 1977Founded1
  • Industryfood1
  • HeadquartersBangkok1
  • Founded inThailand1
  • Websitewww.thaiunion.com
  • Legal formpublic limited company1
  • Listed onStock Exchange of Thailand (TU)1

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Thai Union Group PCL is a Thailand-based producer of seafood based products. It was founded in 1977, and was listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) on 22 November 1994.2

Corporate structure

Thai Union Group sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Thai Union Group reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

1977: Established on 17 March 1977 as Asian Pacific Thai Tuna Co, Ltd. with an initial capital of 25 million baht.

1988: Renamed Thai Union Frozen Products PLC in March 1988.

2010: Acquired MW Brands (now Thai Union Europe) from Trilantic Capital Partners for €680 million.

2010: Expanded and diversified into the pet food business with U.S. Pet Nutrition LLC.

2013: Became the first Thai company to join the UN Global Compact, an initiative aimed at "promoting sustainable and socially responsible policies."

2013: Became a founding member of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

2014: Signed a deal for MW Brands to take over 40-year-old French company MerAlliance, the fourth-largest smoked salmon producer in Europe. MerAlliance's revenue for the year to 31 March 2014 was US$220 million.

2014–2017: Included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for four consecutive years, with the company ranked in the 97th percentile among companies in the industry.

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2015: Rebranded as Thai Union Group PLC (TU). This rebranding was part of an initiative to "integrate all its [Thai Union] subsidiaries under a single new corporate vision, mission and core values, as well as one unified corporate brand."

2016: Launched SeaChange, the company's sustainability strategy.

2016: Chicken of the Sea recalled 107,000 five-ounce cans of tuna in the US due to undercooking because of an equipment malfunction at an undisclosed factory.

From Wikipedia’s article on Thai Union Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • seafood

Listed on Wikidata.1

Brand portfolio

Thai Union's brand portfolio includes:

Bellotta (business in Thailand)

Chicken of the Sea (business in the US)

Fisho (business in Thailand)

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John West (business in the Netherlands and the UK)

King Oscar (business in Norway)

Mareblu (business in Italy)

Marvo (business in Thailand)

Parmentier (business in France)

Petit Navire (business in France)

Rügen Fisch (business in Germany)

Sealect (business in Thailand)

Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) Emerging Markets

In September 2017, Thai Union was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) Emerging Markets for the fourth year in a row. Thai Union's sustainability strategy, SeaChange®, successfully drove the score with industry best-in-class 100th percentile rankings for Climate Strategy, Materiality, Human Capital Development, Health and Nutrition, Water Related Risks, and Policy Influence.

From Wikipedia’s article on Thai Union Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

1997: Completes first overseas investment with the acquisition of Chicken of the Sea, USA's third canned tuna brand.

2003: Acquired Empress International Ltd, a frozen seafood importer and distributor in the US.

2006: Established Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods to market frozen seafood in the US. Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods later merged with Empress International and was renamed Tri-Union Frozen Products, Inc.

2006: Acquired majority stake in PT Jui Fa International Food, a canned tuna producer and exporter based in Indonesia.

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2008: Acquired majority stake in Yueh Chyang Canned Food, a canned seafood producer and exporter based in Vietnam.

2009: Invested in Avanti Feeds Limited, a shrimp feed and frozen shrimp producer based in India.

2010: Founded US Pet Nutrition LLC to produce and market pet food in the US.

2014: Further expansion into Europe with the acquisition of MerAlliance, Europe's fourth smoked salmon producer and number one producer in France.

2014: Acquired King Oscar AS of Norway, a shelf-stable sardine brand in Norway, USA, and Australia and with over 140 years of heritage.

2016: Acquired German seafood company Rügen Fisch AG.

2016: Makes a US$575 million investment in Red Lobster, the world's largest seafood restaurant company.

2020: It along with a few other investors bought the remaining equity in Red Lobster from GGC, making it full owner of the chain. In May 2024, Red Lobster filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, announced the closure of at least 99 locations, and Thai Union issued the following statement: “After detailed analysis, we have determined that Red Lobster’s ongoing financial requirements no longer align with our capital allocation priorities and therefore are pursuing an exit of our minority investment.”

From Wikipedia’s article on Thai Union Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. Nov 22, 1994Went public Listed on Stock Exchange of Thailand1
  2. Mar 17, 1977Founded Founded in Thailand1

Sources

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