1899 – A group of seven canners in Astoria, Oregon, formed the Columbia River Packers Association ( CRPA).

1920 – CRPA began expanding its cannery in Astoria to focus on albacore tuna.

1961 – Castle & Cooke acquired CRPA and changed the name of the company to Bumble Bee Seafoods.

1985 – Castle & Cooke sells Bumble Bee in a leveraged buyout to management.

1988 – Bumble Bee is sold to food conglomerate Pillsbury.

1989 – Pillsbury sells Bumble Bee to Unicord, a Thai company.

1997 -- Bumble Bee goes bankrupt, and is sold to International Home Foods.

2000 -- Bumble Bee Seafoods is sold to ConAgra Foods as part of its $2.9 billion (€2.6 billion) purchase of International Home Foods.

2003 -- ConAgra sells Bumble Bee to a group that includes Bumble Bee management and Centre Partners Management, a private-equity firm. Chris Lischewski was selected to run the company.

2004 – Under Centre Partners, Bumble Bee merges operations with Connors Bros Income Fund, creating the largest branded seafood company in North America.

2005 – Centre Partners exited its remaining equity stake in Connors Bros. Income Fund, concluding its investment in Bumble Bee Seafoods.

2008 -- Centre Partners re-acquires Connors Bros. Income Fund for $600 million (€541 million).

2010 -- Centre Partners sells Bumble Bee Foods to Lion Capital for $980 million (€884 million).

2014 -- Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) announced it acquired Bumble Bee for $1.5 billion (€1.2 billion). The deal was later nixed by the US Department of Justice.

Buyer beware: Bumble Bee is no bargain at any price