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Thanks to the recession, 2010 was a year of $5.99 lunchtime specials, dollar-menu bargains and 2-for-1 meal deals; 2011 is turning out to be quite different.

The wet weather is beginning to concern Prince Edward Island potato growers who are hoping for a break soon in the rain.

China said Monday it would levy anti-subsidy duties of up to 11.19 percent on imports of EU potato starch.

PMMI, the owner and producer of the PACK EXPO family of trade shows, and Koelnmesse GmbH, producer of Anuga FoodTec, today announced a strategic partnership to enhance the resources available to attendees at the largest food and beverage processing shows in North America and Europe.

McDonald’s is trying to make fast food even faster. The Financial Times reports that the worlds’ largest fast food chain plans to replace many of the cashiers at its 7,000 European restaurants with touch screen terminals.

Celebrity chefs - you watch them create masterpieces on TV, and now you have a chance to see them up close and personal in the World Culinary Showcase at the 2011 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show.

Bosch's Packaging Technology division has emerged well from the crisis year of 2009 and is aiming for future growth. "We will grow organically as well as by acquisitions,"said Friedbert Klefenz, President of Bosch Packaging Technology, at the Interpack

Solanic, a 100% subsidiary of Dutch AVEBE, has developed a pure protein extract from potatoes, PRO GO. This potato protein contains a very high amount of the so-called branched chain amino acids. This makes PRO GO perfect for new sports nutrition concepts.

'Focus on Potato' has published a new webcast on Pink Rot in Potato

Er is veel onwetendheid over de producten van McDonald’s. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek onder 761 Nederlanders.

The employees of McCain Foods Limited were deeply saddened to learn of the death yesterday of our co-founder and friend, G. Wallace F. McCain.

Wallace McCain, who rose from humble beginnings in rural New Brunswick to become a global titan in the food processing industry, has died. He was 81.

Tierra emblemática por sus viñedos y bodegas, frutas y olivares, Mendoza se ha constituido también en provincia productora de papas, un alimento tan identificado con los campos bonaerenses de Balcarce. Así lo demuestra la empresa multinacional Farm Fr...

De vestiging in Tilburg van het bedrijf Verhaaren, een groothandel in aardappelen, groente, fruit en panklare groenteproducten, gaat sluiten.

De 44-jarige Nederlands-Canadese boer Henk Tepper zit al bijna twee maanden onder erbarmelijke omstandigheden in een Libanese cel.

Tong Peal Engineering is exhibiting its latest range of farm and pack house equipment at Cereals 2011.

An Ishida multihead weigher capable of handling a variety of hard and sticky ingredients has enabled German snack food manufacturer Heinrich Brüning to cut giveaway of expensive ingredients to just 0.5%

A compostable take-away container made by Potatopak from waste potato starch has won the 2011 Unpackit Award for New Zealand’s best packaging.