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Dear Subscriber,
To accommodate our readers in the United States, you
receive this week's PotatoPro Newsletter early. Thursday is
Thanksgiving in the US and the traditional Thanksgiving meal
includes turkey, but also: Mashed Potato. Bon appétit!
Earlier this week,
the Intergovernmental Panel for
Climate Change (IPCC) released another report on Climate
Change. This group, that won the Nobel price together with
Al Gore, released a report on climate change that is not
really happy reading:
"Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now
evident from observations of increases in global average air
and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice,
and rising global average sea level. Eleven of the twelve
years (1995-2006) rank among the twelve warmest years in the
instrumental record".
Not really a surprise maybe, but still. Looks like we
have to go reduce carbon dioxide emissions, or -eventually-
will be forced to, once these findings and recommendations
trickle through the government systems.
It looks like the potato processing industry had already
figured this out, given the increasing number of
announcement of environmentally friendly measures. A few
examples:
The boldest move announced so far came last week from
Frito-Lay (again). Frito-Lay wants its Casa Grande factory in Arizona
to become a "Net Zero" facility, according to
this publication in the new York Times. The goal of this
Net Zero plan is to take the factory -almost- of the power
grid and run it entirely on renewable fuels and recycled
water.
Some of the measures already taken in the factory:
- skylights in offices, conference rooms and warehouse
to reduce the need for artificial light
- vacuum hoses to pull moisture from potato slices
- recapture heat from oven stacks
- use more fuel efficient ovens
What is still in the planning:
- installation of membrane bio-reactors to filter the
water. The concentrated water/sludge will then be
fermented in an anaerobic digester. The produced methane
gas can be used to run the plant's boiler.
- solar concentrators to heat water to steam
- biomass to be used as additional fuel
The retrofit of the Casa Grande factory is scheduled to
be completed by 2010. Energy and water use is expected to be
reduced by 90%. Greenhouse gas emissions are to be reduced
by 50-75%.
What works in the Casa Grande factory, can then be
applied in the other Frito-lay sites.
In style this week we offer a market research report on
Frito-Lay.
Finally, I would like to let you know that we have given
a few parts of the site a further facelift, the resource
section in particular. Let us know if some of your favorite
potato sites are missing.
Enjoy reading,
Paul van Eijck
Frito-Lay case study: maintaining growth through innovative
marketing and product development
This report on Frito-Lay forms part of Datamonitor's
case studies series, which explores business practices
across a variety of disciplines and business sectors. It
focuses on the strategies Frito-Lay has undertaken to keep in touch with
consumer attitudes towards snacking and the wider issues
influencing their purchases.
Read more...
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Market Research
Handbook of Alternative Fuel Technologies
In addition to enabling a clean and energy efficient
future, alternative fuel sources are fast becoming a
necessity for meeting today's growing demands for low-cost
and convenient energy. The Handbook of Alternative
Fuel Technologies offers a thorough guide to the
science and available technologies for developing
alternatives to petroleum fuel sources and petrochemical
feedstocks.
This handbook focuses on the different intermediates and
raw material options that can generate energy output and
products equivalent to conventional petroleum sources. It
presents short-term options for clean alternative energy
sources that complement the development of long-term
sustainable energy infrastructures. Detailing the chemical
processes for each technology, the text assesses the
environmental impact, benefits, and performance of the
various processes and fuel products.
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Terra Chips |
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Terra chips is part of the Hain
Celestial Group (HAIN). |
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National Brands Limited |
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National Brands Limited is a South
African company that produces chips and
snacks under the brand names Willards
and Baker Street.
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| South Africa |
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Samrat |
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Samrat is an Indian Snack food
manufacturer, located in Gujarat. Samrat
manufacturs a range of 25 snack food
products.
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| India |
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Lyckeby Staerkelsen |
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The brand Lyckeby Stärkelsen is
owned by Swedish Starch Producers,
an incorporated association, owned
by its members. These are about 840
starch potato growers in southern
Sweden. The core operation is run
under the joint brand Lyckeby
Stärkelsen, and consists of
production, development and
marketing of starch and fibres for
various purposes, primarily to the
food, paper and chemical industries.
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| Sweden |
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Agrana Staerke GmbH |
AGRANA Stärke GmbH is the operating company of the starch
division with a potato starch factory in
Gmünd, a corn starch factory in Aschach
and a bioethanol plant in Pischelsdorf.
Agrana Staerke GmbH is part of the
AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG, founded
in 1988 as the holding company of the
Austrian sugar and starch industry.
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| Austria |
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Finnamyl Oy |
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Finnamyl is a Finnish potato starch
manufacturer, part of the CIBA concern (Raisio).
Finnamyl also offers organic potato
starch.
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Classic Foods Inc. |
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Classic Foods, Inc. is a family owned
manufacturer of branded snack foods
distributed throughout the United States
and Canada. Brands include Kettle
Classics® Potato Chips, Stoned Classics®
Tortilla Chips, Baked Classics® Potato
Crisps and California Classics™, School
Snacks. Classic Foods products are
available in traditional food-service
outlets, institutional locations, and
national food chains.
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Agrico |
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Agrico is a Dutch farmers cooperative of
over 1,300 specialist potato growers,
each of whom devotes the greatest
possible care to your product, to ensure
you a profitable future. Together, they
produce in excess of one million tonnes
of seed and ware potatoes per year to be
marketed by Agrico.
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| Netherlands |
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