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US investigates tuna brands

Ex-Starkist exec describes close collaboration on prices with Bumble Bee

Starkist's Stephen Hodge testified that his fellow executive Joseph Tuza told him one of his duties would be to stay engaged with his competitors on pricing

By Jason Smith | Nov. 13, 2019 08:13 GMT
Starkist products on display at Safeway, Seattle, USA, September 2016.
StarKist products on display.
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SAN FRANCISCO, California, US -- Stephen Hodge, a former senior vice president of sales at US canner StarKist & Co, told the jury in the trial of ex Bumble Bee Foods CEO Christopher Lischewski on Nov. 12 that he maintained close collaboration with a Bumble Bee vice president in the 2011 to 2013 period as part of a conspiracy to fix tuna prices. [...]

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