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PepsiCo Inc., the world's largest snack maker, said second-quarter profit rose 9.1 percent after it boosted prices for potato chips and streamlined delivery routes. Net income increased to $1.70 billion, or $1.05 a share, in the three months ended Jun...

The Inventure Group, Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 28, 2008. Net revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 were $29.2 million, representing an increase of 28% compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2007....

A new $65-million state-of-the art potato processing plant began production July 22, replacing the first factory ever built by McCain Foods more than 50 years ago. The plant, which has been under construction since the spring of 2007, uses the latest ...

McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant company, may report a second-quarter profit after European sales rose twice as fast as in the U.S. McDonald's probably earned $1.1 billion, or 95 cents a share, according to John Glass, a Morgan Stanley...

United States Consumer and industrial goods companies have adjusted their predictions for 2008 packaging machinery spending only slightly, according to PMMI’s Spring Update to the Purchasing Plans Study. Interviews and surveys for use in the update wer...

In January Akzo Nobel NV became the new owner of National Starch and Chemical Company as part of its acquisition of ICI. Akzo made clear its intention to seek a new owner for the specialty starches business, which boasted half year revenues of about $6...

The Washington office of NASS said Washington growers planted fewer potatoes and more dry peas and will have lighter peach and apricot crops. Washington winter wheat production is expected to reach 109.7 million bushels this season, up 1 percent.Potato...

A fresh jalapeño pepper grown in Mexico and processed in Texas has tested positive for the strain of salmonella that has sickened more than 1,200 people in recent months, food safety and health officials said today. The U.S. Food and Drug Administratio...

Prince Edward Island potato growers may be one step closer to settling a contract dispute with Cavendish Farms. But they’ll have to wait until Wednesday to find out how close they’ve come.After nearly two weeks away from the table, the potato growers ...

McCain Foods' new potato processing plant in Florenceville will be up and running sometime next week. The company had hoped to start operations this week, but spokesperson Calla Farn said the company pushed that date back to run some final tests. &quo...

It's not the Great Irish Potato Famine of the 19th century, but the summer of 2008 has turned into a major test for potato-chip producers across the country. The price of a bushel of chip potatoes has doubled in the last few months, going from $9 to a ...

Two potato farms in Alberta and Saskatchewan are taking their produce directly to the heat-and-serve convenience food market. Barrich Farms of Outlook, Sask., about 90 km south of Saskatoon, and Bassano Growers at Bassano, Alta., about 140 km east o...

Wendy's International Inc., the nation's No. 3 hamburger chain, said Friday it is making "good progress"in ironing out the details of its takeover by Arby's owner Triarc Cos. Inc. In a letter to employees filed with the Securities and Exchang...

Potato chip producer Ira Middleswarth &Son may soon see the end of the potato shortage that slowed their July production to a crawl, according to a company official. Thanks to Midwestern crop shortages, the Middleburg-based chip maker endured three...

Faced with rising costs and pickier customers, processed foodmakers find ways to boost their products' appeal—and make price hikes stick.   Having already teased out costs through greater automation, shrinking inventory, and tighter logistics, manufact...

Burger King Corp. has bought 72 restaurants throughout Iowa and Nebraska from franchisee Simmonds Restaurant Management for an undisclosed amount.   The company said that it has expanded its restaurant presence to attractive Midwest markets, enabling i...

A new umami ingredient has been launched as a possible alternative to monosodium glutamate which could help food manufacturers reduce costs and salt content in their products.   UmamiPrime contains no glutamate and delivers "strong umami taste&quo...

Agricultural exporters at this year's Agricultural Transportation Coalition (AgTC) Annual Transportation Conference in June reported that in a year of soaring demand for their products, ocean transportation constraints and container shortage are preven...