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Tayto announced to cease production at its crisp manufacturing plant in the Corby, threatening 264 jobs.   The decision follows the cancellation of the only contract at the factory by Proctor and Gamble to manufacture Pringles Minis.Workers at the pl...

Het bedrijf FZ Organic in Wolvega heeft in het afgelopen jaar de chipsproductie fors verhoogd. De producent van biologische chips (waaronder het merk Trafo) zag de productie stijgen met 6 tot 8 procent stijgen. Volgens directeur Frans Andringa is dat o...

The whole potato industry must work together to eliminate CIPCresidue anomalies or the sprout suppressant will be lost, visitors to the recent Potato Council storage day at G H Chennells Farms in Lincolnshire were told. New limits on both total CIPC ap...

Albert Koops, technisch adviseur bij Bayer CropScience, verwacht een toename van het aantal coloradokevers als het eind deze week warm weer wordt. Dat is een probleem voor de zetmeel- en consumptieaardappelteelt. De omstandigheden voor de aardappelpl...

The appointment of a new chairman to the Potato Council is an important step forward for the industry in these times of change. Allan Stevenson, who takes office from 21 July 2008, also becomes a main Board Director of Agriculture and Horticulture Deve...

As crop production costs spiral, serious savings can be made across a range of potato inputs if you manage and monitor them carefully.

De aardappelsector wordt als gevolg van de droogte de komende jaren geconfronteerd met krapte in de hoogste pootgoedklassen, S en SE. Dat zegt Peter Keijzer, directeur van aardappelveredelingsbedrijf Fobek in het Friese Sint Annaparochie. De droge pe...

The first potatoes from this year’s harvest have arrived in grocery stores across the country. Nóatún received the first shipment from Eyrarbakki, southwest Iceland, this week, and according to the store’s quality controller, the potatoes look good.

Avebe bouwt de CSM-fabriek in Ter Apelkanaal om tot tweede locatie voor de eiwitproducerende dochter Solanic.De gluconaatproductie die momenteel nog plaatsvindt wordt in een half tot twee jaar afgebouwd.Na deze overgangsperiode bouwt de aardappelzetmee...

Analyst Martina Valenta of Erste Bank downgrades Agrana AG (AGB1) from "hold"to "reduce,"while reducing her estimates for the company. The target price has been reduced from €72.40 to €54.00.In a research note published this mornin...

CSM N.V. said that it will sell the gluconates production plant of unit PURAC in Ter Apelkanaal to AVEBE, for an undisclosed amount.

Las bolsas biodegradables, realizadas con almidón de patata industrial, empiezan su implantación en España como otra de las pequeñas soluciones para ayudar al medio ambiente. De momento, Carrefour se convertirá en la primera empresa de distribución en ...

Nearly 50 workers at McCain Foods in Scarborough are set to lose their jobs because of a decline in sales of prepared foods.But the management stressed they were still "firmly committed"to staying in Scarborough.The shock news was given to st...

Walkers is offering the public the chance to create a new flavour and make money by taking 1% of future sales of the crisps. Chef Heston Blumental will lead a panel of "flavour experts"from Walkers to select the finalists. The Do Us a Flavou...

The record high price for rapeseed and strong export demand resulted in record high exports from the Ukraine. Sunflower seeds and sunflower oil were subject to export quotas in April and May 2008. The sunflower sown area for marketing year 2008/2009 is...

In the UK the High Court ruled that Pringles are not crisps. Procter and Gamble successfully challenged the ruling of a VAT (tax) tribunal that Pringles should be standard-rated at 17.5 per cent as the product fell within the definition of 'potato crisps, potato sticks, potato puffs and similar products made from the potato, or from potato flour, or from potato starch'.

The company KADI AG is opening up additional market opportunities with a succession settlement of tremendous potential. Within the framework of a management buyout, four members of the management team are acquiring a significant minority stake in the s...

Las Pringles no son patatas, según el Tribunal Supremo británico. El popular aperitivo de inconfundibles rodajas ovaladas perfectamente encajadas en un envase de tubo tienen menos del 50 por ciento de patata y «una forma artificial». Esta decisión judi...