Three months after announcing its decision to leave the island after 50 years of operations, Bumble Bee has hired San Diego-based Heritage Global Partners to auction off the assets of the former plant in Mayagüez, on Sept. 12 and 13. The sale will be conducted over the phone and online.
The Bumble Bee tuna cannery in Mayagüez will be closing its operation after 50 years of doing business in Puerto Rico, leaving about 260 people jobless, News is my Business learned.
The presidents of the Puerto Rico Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Overseas Press Club added their voices to the growing chorus of criticism against the measure the Mayagüez municipal government approved last week to monitor social media networks to track those expressing disapproval of his administration’s work.
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