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Lamb Weston / Meijer and RWA announced today that Lamb Weston/Meijer has signed an agreement to acquire 74% of the shares in Frisch &Frost Nahrungsmittel GmbH based in Hollabrunn, Austria.Current owner RWA will keep the remaining shares. Both parti...

PinguinLutosa and the CECAB Group have started exclusive negotiations in order to integrate the activities of D’Aucy Frozen Foods (deep-frozen vegetable branch of the CECAB Group) into PinguinLutosa, number two in Europe in the deep-frozen vegetable se...

Driekwart van de cafetaria’s in ons land kiest voor één frietsoort in het assortiment. Heeft een cafetaria wel een tweede frietsoort, dan wordt naast gewone friet vaak raspatat aangeboden.   Dat blijkt uit het FoodServicePeil Cafetaria, een online ond...

French Fry manufacturer Agristo is a relatively young family owned company, founded in 1985 by Antoon Wallays and Luc Raes. Rapidly growing from 20.000 tons, the company reached a volume of 185.000 tons finished product in 2008.

McCain Foods (GB Ltd. is set to undertake a national couponing campaign worth £2.9 million, aimed at driving trial and sales, in support of its best selling chip brand Home Fries.From May, two half price coupons are to be distributed to 1.16 million UK...

Snack brand Golden Wonder is set to launch a six-figure marketing campaign to boost the brand across Scotland after what the company says has been a year of substantial growth. The integrated £500,000 campaign represents the first significant marke...

For a long time Finland had no native potato chip manufacturers. So when a group of entrepreneurs with a high yielding potato farm selling French fries and other potato products were looking for a new way to sell their produce, the market was wide open...

Heavy rain and frequent frost during the winter in most Mediterranean, Northern European and Middle Eastern countries has had a large effect on early potato production.Imports to European markets are later and lighter in volume than in most recent seas...

Organic farms may be seen as wildlife friendly, but the benefits to birds, bees and butterflies don’t compensate for the lower yields produced, according to new research from the University of Leeds. In the most detailed, like-for-like comparisons o...

Generating national newspaper coverage every single day and slots on prime time and day time television and radio programmes;the success of National Chip Week 2010 speaks for itself. An official review shows that the Week generated coverage worth ove...

Energy efficiency is a major consideration for many food processors concerned about optimizing operations without further impacting the environment. If processors can reduce their energy usage while maintaining production yield, food quality and equipme...

Potato processors see lots of energy disappear through the chimney of their fryer, dryer or steam peeler. This is a pity, since this is energy that can be recovered and can be re-used in the process.For decades Kiremko has supplied heat recovery system...

Yum Brands Inc.’s KFC brand is plotting a deeper move into France, hoping that the Colonel’s recipe will strike the taste of a broader swath of French consumers.   This week, KFC launched its first round of national television advertisements in France ...

Manter International bv, manufacturer of weighing- and packaging equipment in Emmen, The Netherlands, is introducing conveyor belts instead of vibrating lanes into their latest weighing range. The advantage of conveyor belts is that the unwashed and/...

The European Snack Association (ESA) joins the EU pledge initiative.The EU Pledge is a commitment by leading food and beverage companies in Europe to change food and beverage advertising on TV, print and internet to children under the age of 12 in the ...

For the 3 months to 31 March 2010, PinguinLutosa recorded consolidated sales of 111.9 million euro, which represents an increase of 4.68%. Evolution of sales per division is as follows:   Non-audited management figures in euro 1 ...

The annual potato production in GB is approximately 6 million tonnes, of which 60% will be stored prior to fresh consumption or processing.   Potato Council is currently supporting research to identify options to improve sprout control, through an imp...

Ishida Europe has appointed Mike Heffernan as Director of Sales – Core Products to lead the company in the next stage of its growth programme.  Mr Heffernan will be responsible for sales of Ishida’s extensive range of weighing and associated equipment...