Noticias sobre las Papas Fritas y Especialidades de Papa de Los Estados Unidos

ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb., in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is voluntarily recalling a limited number of packages of its Andy Capp’s Hot Fries flavor product that may contain the Andy Capp’s Cheddar Fries flavor, and, th...

Bacon Cheddar Potato Wedges are back on the menu at Jack in the Box®! The savory spuds returned to the menu today thanks to an effective online campaign waged by fervent fans who took to social media to lament the loss of their favorite side item.

As a result of attending the regional Mashed Potato Seminar in Singapore in October 2012, the chef from the Royale Chulan Hotel, a five-star hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, introduced a “Mashed Potato with Truffle Oil” on the hotel’s café menu as a ne...

United States Potato Processors used less potatoes so far this season, compared to the same period last year. The amount of potatoes in stock at December 1, 2012, was up 11 percent compared with last year.

United States exports of frozen potato products to all markets grew 11% by volume and 16% by value for the first quarter (July-September) of MY2012/13.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. and Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. today announced that the boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive agreement under which ConAgra Foods will acquire Ralcorp

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston is celebrating 50 years of making foods that people love at its operation in Twin Falls. The plant opened in 1962 – an early entrant into the frozen french fry business.

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE:CAG) announced today an estimated $200 million expansion of its Lamb Weston frozen potato facility in Boardman, Ore. This strategic investment will add a new line to the plant – increasing capacity for making french fries and...

J.R. Simplot Co. has embraced energy efficiency as a core business value. The Idaho food, fertilizer and chemical company has dramatically reduced its use of electricity and natural gas, saving millions of dollars annually. Simplot, which has 10,000 e...

Potato processor Idahoan Foods will receive up to $240,000 from the Idaho Department of Labor Workforce Development Training Fund to train 60 new workers at its Idaho Falls plant. The Idaho Department of Labor’s commitment averaging $4,000 per new emp...

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston in Hermiston celebrated a company milestone on Monday celebrating forty years of making french fries and other foods.

The Wendy's QSR chain is going through a transformation and in a press release last week, the company is going to great length to stress all the changes that are going on. Wendy's also anounced a very visible change the brand will undergo, a new logo w...

For the recently completed marketing year, the volume of US potato and potato product exports grew 10 percent to the fresh weight equivalent of 65,271,616 hundredweight. This is equal to 16 percent of total US potato sales for the year. For the past 10...

The process for preparing frozen, par-fried potato strips — distributed to some food outlets for making french fries — can influence the formation of acrylamide in the fries that people eat, a new study has found. Published in ACS’ Journal of Agricult...

Last week the USDA published the final overview and latest revision of potato harvest 2011, Potatoes 2011 Summary.

McCain Foods USA has announced it will begin a major capital improvement and renovation project for its Burley 2 potato plant in Idaho. The project is slated to begin this fall and will be completed over the next 2 years. The renovation of Burley 2 w...

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) announced today that it is expanding its facility in Russellville, AR to make Bertolli® and P.F. Chang's® frozen meals. The expansion, anticipated to be a $100 million investment, is expected to create more than 80 jo...

The United States Potato Board (USPB) Year-End Online Advertising Campaign results are in. The FY 2012 campaign was highly successful, building off momentum from the past two years. Total recipe interactions nearly quadrupled during this past year. Tha...