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Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) today announced it has reorganized its Yum! Restaurants International division (YRI) to continue to drive aggressive international expansion and build strong brands globally. The Company also announced that Micky Pant, 57,...

After eating a potato-plentiful lunch that she deemed both “delicious and nutritious,” U.S. Sen. Susan Collins was honored Monday afternoon for her work in assuring that schools across the nation are free to serve potatoes to students. During a lunche...

Celebrating Forty Years: 2012 is set to be a milestone year for Herbert Engineering, as the company celebrates its 40th anniversary. All this time, ties between Herbert and the potato industry have remained strong and are now the backbone of the business.

Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon used 7.49 million cwt of raw potatoes during October, an increase of 6 percent from last October. Accumulated processing of 2011 crop raw potatoes to November 1 was 20.5 million cwt, up 40 percent.

Según un estudio publicado en la revista Proceedings de la National Academy of Sciences, la demanda mundial de alimentos podría duplicarse de aquí al año 2050. Este incremento de la demanda de alimentos aumentará significativamente los niveles tanto d...

Well, we have seen many weird potato chips flavours in recent years. Nevertheless, Tesco managed to create a novelty in crisps flavours: a complete Christmas dinner in crisps flavours. Tesco nicknamed it the ‘Crispmas Dinner collection’ and it’s surel...

Producers Quex Foods are launching their Kent Crisps range in bigger 150g bags to encourage purchase in the sharing market. Available from selected Waitrose, pubs, farm shops, delis, and fine food specialists, the new size goes on sale this month to j...

Tong Peal Engineering have some exciting new product launches to be revealed alongside their product showcase of its latest range of grading, washing and weighing equipment at British Potato 2011. The UK’s leading designer and manufacturer of agricult...

Follow the Potato Council knowledge trail at BP2011 and gain up to 18 BASIS points! There are lots of reasons to register now for your free entry to the event, to be held in Harrogate, Yorkshire on November 23 and 24. Areas of interest include market ...

Dr Qu Dongyu, chair of the Potato Association of China (PAC), is to speak at the World Potato Congress (WPC2012) in Great Britain next year. Dr Qu, vice governor of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, will address the ...

Global food demand could double by 2050, according to a new projection by David Tilman, Regents Professor of Ecology in the University of Minnesota’s College of Biological Sciences, and colleagues, including Jason Hill, assistant professor in the Colle...

“Agritechnica 2011 has impressively demonstrated the global importance of agriculture and agricultural machinery and equipment. With over 2,700 exhibitors and some 415,000 visitors, of whom 100,000 came from outside Germany, a new dimension has been ac...

Statistics Canada has published the preliminary production estimates for the 2011 potato crop in Canada. The Canadian potato production is estimated at 92,653,000 hundredweight (4 202 740 tonnes). This is down 4% from last year’s revised production. T...

Lay’s® en de samenwerkende bureaus FHV, Red Urban, OMD en RTL hebben een EFFIE ontvangen van de VEA. Vereniging van Communicatieadviesbureaus en Bond van Adverteerders (BVA) voor de campagne rondom Lay’s® Maak de Smaak. Michael Blankert, Lay's® Brand ...

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. Vo...

Reser's Fine Foods Inc announced that on November 15, 2011 the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware accepted the bid from Reser’s Fine Foods, Inc. (“Reser’s”) to purchase substantially all of the assets and operations of Chef Solutions In...

A 44 year old employee of Aviko Steenderen was fatally wounded during a work place accident in Aviko's potato processing factory. The accident happened thursday night and was reported around 2.40 am. The man was cleaning a fryer when due to unknown ca...

Extreme weather carved a chunk out of Manitoba's potato production this year, but high prices are helping to ease the pain for local producers. Manitoba farmers harvested 38,102 fewer tonnes of potatoes this year -- 825,552 versus 863,654 in 2010, for...