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september 18, 2008
McDonald’s shows Moms the production of its World Famous French Fries
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...From the archive

september 18, 2008
ConAgra Foods Reports Strong First-Quarter Sales Growth
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...From the archive

september 16, 2008
Teen finds world longest french fry at Arby's
When Hannah Odom ordered curly fries with her meal at an Arby's restaurant in Hendersonville, South Carolina, she discovered what is likely world's longest french fry: A curly french fry of almost two feet. She resisted temptations to eat it or to sel...From the archive

september 16, 2008
Steam n' Mash: Ore-Ida® Takes the Hassle Out of Homemade Mashed Potatoes
Steam n' Mash from Ore-Ida makes homemade mashed potatoes easy:Thanks to a new innovation from the Ore-Ida brand, known as Steam n' Mash potatoes, one of America’s favorite comfort foods is now easy enough to make every day in just 15 minutes or less!From the archive

september 12, 2008
P.E.I. potato growers accuse french fry companies of flooding market with cheap spuds
Big french fry companies are undercutting P.E.I. potato prices by flooding the open market with cheap potatoes, says an sland potato farmer and a potato marketer.Jim Read, of J.B. Read Marketing Inc., and Danny Henricken, whose family has been growing ...From the archive

september 09, 2008
Celebration marks opening of new McCain Foods potato processing plant in Florenceville
On a sunny afternoon in Florenceville-Bristol, McCain Foods officially opened its $65-million potato processing plant on Thursday, Sept. 4.The plant was announced in 2006 and began construction in the spring of 2007. It replaces the first factory ever ...From the archive
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augustus 26, 2008
McCain Foods USA Launches Politically Inspired National Marketing Campaign
McCain Foods USA, Inc., the U.S. division of McCain Foods Limited, the world's largest producer of French fries and potato products, today announced the launch of a national integrated marketing campaign via Schafer | Condon | Carter (SCC). The fun and...From the archive

augustus 07, 2008
GAIN report: Export frozen potato products drives up potato production in Argentina.
Argentine potato production is expected to increase to 2.5 million metric tons (MT) as exports of processed (frozen French fries) potatoes are pulling total production up. Domestic consumption of fresh potatoes has been stable for the last ten years at...From the archive

augustus 06, 2008
UNICA: variedad Peruana para mercado fresco y papa frita
Las nuevas variedades de papa que se ofrecen a los agricultores deben tener ventajas intrínsecas, las mismas que deben ser superiores a las variedades existentes de uso tradicional. Esta variedad fue desarrollada por la División de Mejoramiento y Utili...From the archive

augustus 06, 2008
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, Ochoa Foods Announce New Joint Venture
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, the largest potato company in North America with annual sales exceeding $2 billion, and Ochoa Foods, a privately owned potato processing company based in Boise, Idaho, announced today that they have entered into a new joint ...From the archive

augustus 04, 2008
Restaurant menus unhealthy for kids - report
Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation's top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public health group. Nearly every possible combinatio...From the archive

augustus 01, 2008
Potato growers accept McCain contract
P.E.I. farmers who sell potatoes for processing to McCain Foods voted in favour of a new contract at a meeting Thursday night. Unlike those growing for Cavendish Farms, who rejected three contracts before signing, the McCain growers accepted the first...From the archive

augustus 01, 2008
California attorney general settles acrylamide lawsuit with Frito-Lay, Lance, Kettle Foods and Heinz
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today settled lawsuits against Heinz, Frito-Lay, Kettle Foods and Lance Inc. after the companies agreed to slash levels of the cancer-causing chemical acrylamide in their potato chips and french fries. “T...From the archive

juli 30, 2008
Food Network crews to film french fries at Lamb Weston's Richland potato plant
Food Network production crews will be in Richland today at ConAgra Lamb Weston's potato plant shooting an episode about french fries. The episode is for the new Food Network series How'd That Get On My Plate? said Marti DeMoss, a ConAgra spokeswoman....From the archive

juli 28, 2008
Still uncertain if Ochoa will rebuild the Wild river Foods french fry factory in Grandview
Company officials for the Wild River Foods potato processing plant, which was gutted by fire on July 1, have not decided if they will rebuild, according to a statement issued Monday. "It has been almost 30 days since the fire consumed our plant ...From the archive

juli 27, 2008
McCain's $65-million plant begins production
A new $65-million potato processing plant began production on Tuesday at McCain Foods in Florenceville-Bristol. The state-of-the-art facility replaced the first factory ever built by the company more than 50 years ago. The new plant marks the end of a...From the archive
