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Herr’s potato chips, popcorn and pretzels will soon have a shorter journey to Maryland grocery store shelves.Herr Foods has leased 38,400 square feet of industrial space in North East in Cecil County. Its Nottingham, Pa. factory has reached capacity, s...

A negotiated bipartisan agreement by three U.S. lawmakers that combines key elements of two existing Senate menu-labeling bills is drawing wide praise from inside and outside the industry. Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Tom Carper, D-Del., and Lisa Murkowsk...

A food processing plant slated to open this fall in the village of Plover (Wisconsin) is about to receive another financial shot in the arm. The Portage County Economic Development and Finance committees Monday approved a $400,000 federal economic de...

McDonald's Corporation announced today that global comparable sales rose 5.1% in May. Comparable sales increases by segment were as follows: U.S. increased 2.8% Europe increased 7.6% Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa increased 6.4% "May's st...

Resistant starch may help control diabetes, aid in weight management and reduce colon cancer risk, according to new studies presented at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) 2009 Annual Meeting and Food Expo®. Suzanne Hendrich, Ph.D., professor of...

Presentación en PowerPoint de Rodolfo Rivers, Consultor de Inocuidad y Calidad de los Alimentos del Grupo Sanidad e Inocuidad Agroalimentaria de la FAO/RLC (25/11/2008). En su exposición describe las Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas (BPA) y explica qué promu...

The next generation of healthy soybean products from DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred will provide nutritionally enhanced oil with the highest oleic content in soybeans under commercial development: Plenish™ brand high oleic soybean oil

Jim Skinner, president and chief executive of McDonald's Corp., was selected as one of Brendan Wood International's 66 TopGun CEOs, the corporate advisory firm said Friday. Skinner was the only restaurant executive out of 750 companies around globe t...

Recently, there has been a lot of media attention and public discussion about the Idaho Fry Company's name. The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) would like to share its side of the story and correct some of the misinformation that has been disseminated. O...

Video with a few glimpses of how Lamb Weston produces their Signature Range Crisscut French fries in their Richland (Washington) potato processing facility.

For 10 years, building a potato processing plant has been on Tom Rolfstad’s to-do list, and the Williston Economic Development director continues to follow up on it.“I do think we’re on the right path,” Rolfstad said. “I think it’s worth pursuing. It ...

A creative Boise eatery that spotlights Idaho's most famous crop has run afoul of the very agency that promotes its most famous crop. The Boise Weekly reports online that the Idaho Potato Commission has given newly opened Idaho Fry Company until the en...

Key Technology, Inc. announced today that it is a winner of the 2009 Progressive Manufacturing 100 (PM100) Award, presented by Managing Automation Media, a Thomas Publishing Company, LLC publication.  The global Progressive Manufacturing Awards Program...

McCain Foods USA announced to employees this morning that it will eliminate approximately 126 hourly and salaried jobs at its Fort Atkinson facility during the next three months.The cuts are the result of production realignments at its appetizer plants...

Consumers are being let in on a secret: ConAgra Foods is the face behind the brands they’ve had on their shopping lists for years. The company revealed a new brand identity today that highlights the tremendous appeal of its products to consumers-- the ...

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) today announced a new agreement to co-locate the IFT Food Expo and FSPA’s Process Expo at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center beginning in July 18-2010.

Costco Wholesale Corp. here said yesterday consumer packaged goods manufacturers are starting to reduce prices, possibly in reaction to rising private-label sales. According to Richard A. Galanti, executive vice president and chief financial officer, ...

Torrential rains that nearly destroyed north Florida’s potato crop shouldn’t seriously disrupt the U.S. spring potato deal. A week of late May heavy rains flooded fields with 27 inches of rain and destroyed up to 70% of the deal’s potatoes. Tony Rusko...