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Shares of Wendy's International Inc. (WEN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) rose 4.7 percent on Tuesday, a day after billionaire investor Nelson Peltz said his restaurant company, Triarc Cos. Inc. (TRY.N: Quote, Profile, Research), could offer up to $41 a s...

It's part of the American landscape and a global icon and it has been 50 years in the making. McDonald's attracts 15 million customers a day, and has 31,000 stores in over 118 countries. So, how did McDonald's get this big and how profitable can a fran...

National Starch Food Innovation and AVEBE enter into alliance for market development of specialty potato starches. National Starch will distribute AVEBE ingredients in the Americas and Asia. AVEBE will continue its direct sales presence in Europe and w...

Burger King (BKC) will let potato-chip fans have it their way this fall with snacks in Ketchup &Fries and Flame-Broiled burger flavors.To get more exposure, the fast-food chain has licensed its brand for a line of chips to Inventure Group (SNAK). T...

McDonald's Corp. wants all its U.S. restaurants to open by 5 a.m., up from 75% today, as Americans increasingly buy breakfast earlier, part of a broader plan to increase average annual sales at McDonald's outlets by $400,000, to an average of about $2....

El Banco Agropecuario (Agrobanco) invertirá 14 millones de nuevos soles en la instalación de una planta procesadora de papa en la provincia de Cutervo, cuyo producto final será exportado a Italia, informó el titular de la institución, Manuel Noriega To...

RD Offutt Company and United II Potato Growers of Idaho, Inc. announce the formation of North American Foods, LLC. The new company, resulting from the contribution of certain assets of the companies unites the industry’s top talent from field to shelf...

An Aug. 13 symposium on enhancing the essential healthfulness of the very essential potato will kick off the 91st annual meeting of the Potato Association of America when it convenes Aug. 12-16 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Symposium speaker Katherine Beals, ...

Procter &Gamble (P&G) y Sabritas ponen fin a la ‘Guerra de las Papas’. El 29 de mayo, P&G publicó un desplegado en los diarios Reforma y El Universal, donde se disculpa con Sabritas, filial de PepsiCo de México, por “posibles daños ocasiona...

Once grandes marcas estadounidenses de alimentación prometieron sumarse a la lucha contra la obesidad infantil y abstenerse de hacer publicidad de sus productos de chocolate, cereales azucarados o patatas con demasiada grasa. Para evitar que una dispos...

With flavours adapted from Indian favourites, the potato chips seem to cash in on the popularity of the dishes to connect as the preferred snack food. Be it Lay's Indian Mint Mischief or Bingo Chatkila Nimbu Achaar, Kurkure Mast Malabari Style or Chut...

McCain Foods today announces that all its french fries will be made from 100% British potatoes from October 2007. McCain works with more than 300 British farmers and for the past five years 95% of its products have been made from British potatoes. This...

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) announced today that it has acquired New York-based Alexia Foods Inc., a privately held natural food company. Alexia Foods represents the leading natural frozen potato brand(1) and markets all natural and organic appetize...

Frituren zonder vet, maar met oververhitte stoom, die circuleert in een gesloten circuit. Onderzoeksorganisatie TNO heeft een "gezond en veilig'' alternatief voor de traditionele frituurpan ontwikkeld. De HiFri komt eind dit jaar op de markt. De ...

Nestle today refused to confirm reports that they had turned down a merger with PepsiCo last spring, a deal that would have created one of the largest and most powerful food and beverage companies in the world. Media spokesman François-Xavier Perroud d...

The Ministry of Health is funding a three year study on french fries, as part of an initiative to make the popular takeaway food healthier. Horticulture New Zealand chip group food and education spokeswoman Glenda Gourley said the funding was initially...

It wasn’t too long ago that the only thing McDonald’s seemed good at was making people fat. Staggered by overexpansion, listless sales and a barrage of negative publicity linking its food to obesity, the chain’s glory days appeared to be fading. In 200...

Burger King and McDonald's, the giants of the burger restaurant sector worth around £11 billion a year in the UK, have seen the writing on the wall and are fighting back to get their share of the gourmet burger market, pioneered in the UK by Gourmet Bu...