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Researchers and farmers across the region begin judging Monday in an annual potato beauty contest. The annual Pacific Northwest Tri-State Potato Tour determines what potatoes to plant in the future. Over the next week, farmers and researchers will tra...

Triarc Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRY;TRY.B), the parent company of Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc., which is the franchisor of the Arby's(R) restaurant system, and Wendy's International, Inc. (NYSE: WEN), announced today that they have completed their merg...

The snack food producer Soulful Foods Inc. today announced that Sam's Club stores in six states will offer a line of potato chips the company developed with Sylvia Woods, owner of a famous New York soul food restaurant.Sylvia's 12-ounce bags of Honey B...

El concejal Jorge Boasso presentó una iniciativa para reemplazar al gasoil utilizado por el transporte público por este combustible ecológico. El proyecto establece un sistema de recolección del aceite vegetal usado por comercios y viviendas y luego el...

GE Capital Solutions, Franchise Finance, the largest restaurant lender by assets and clients, confirmed Friday it would be “much more selective” and defer rate quotes on new deals as the credit chill that began last year becomes a freeze in the face of...

J.R. Simplot Co. and ConAgra Foods (Lamb Weston) have both agreed to hefty price increases for 2009 crop spuds, representatives for Potato Growers of Washington and the Southern Idaho Potato Cooperative said.For growers, the new contracts mean an overa...

Frito-Lay's Wooster, Ohio, facility has become the city's first member of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Environmental Performance Track Program by demonstrating excellence in environmental management and committing to above-stand...

The Clinton Global Initiative Thursday recognized Yum Brands Inc for its worldwide commitment to raise and donate $80 million over the next five years to help the World Food Programme and others provide 200 million meals for hungry school children in ...

Virgo Publishing announced this week that PreventASe™ from DSM Food Specialties will receive the Food Product Design Scientific Excellence Award at SupplySide West, Oct. 22 to 24 in Las Vegas. Ingredient suppliers and technology providers with new ingr...

Burger King is breaking a national TV and social-networking campaign on Facebook and MySpace today that plays off the Nov. 4 presidential election. BK says the campaign’s aim is to encourage its customers to vote.  The TV spot is a montage of real Burg...

McDonald's Corp. told some U.S. franchisees to seek other ways to finance store improvements after Bank of America Corp. declined to increase lending. Store owners have exhausted financing used to pay for upgrades and equipment to make lattes and espr...

Burger King Corp. (NYSE:BKC) announced today the addition of Onion Rings to the existing line of branded BURGER KING™ Snacks. Onion Rings, a round, crispy puffed snack with a zesty onion flavor, joins the potato snack flavors of Ketchup &Fries, a b...

The potato crop in the Red River Valley is said to be the best in a long time, both in production and in quality of the spuds.The government says the potato acreage of less than 80,000 acres is down 15 percent from last year and the lowest since the mi...

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board held a news conference today to outline the initiatives it has taken to improve financial returns for potato farmers. Potato farmers have experienced severe financial losses over the past few years due to low price...

Anualmente, Bolivia produce alrededor de 750 mil toneladas de papa, cuya totalidad va a abastecer el mercado interno. Sin embargo, un 15 por ciento de esta producción se pierde por diferentes problemas de postcosecha, según advierte la Fundación Proinp...

Recently, the Moms' Quality Correspondents concluded their second year of unprecedented access to the McDonald's® system of owner/operators, executives and Supply Chain with Lamb Weston, one of McDonald's Potato Suppliers for McDonald’s Hash Browns and...

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) one of North America's leading packaged food companies, today reported results for the fiscal 2009 first quarter ended Aug. 24, 2008. Diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.23, including net $0.04 per diluted sha...

A Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence was presented today to representatives of the Frito-Lay North America plant in Frankfort.The facility that produces potato chips and other snack-food items was recognized by the Indiana Department of Envi...