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Irish potato, one of the world's major food crops, is increasingly grown and processed for use in various products;consider the popularity of consumer favorites like French fries and potato chips. In the closely scrutinized food production industry, pr...

McCain Foods (India), the Indian subsidiary of McCain Foods Canada, has appointed Leo Burnett as its creative partner following a multi-agency pitch.   The agency has been mandated to build awareness of the new brand in India by developing and implemen...

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) announced plans to transition to a biennial show in Chicago, starting November 2011. This major shift to a two-year show cycle allows exhibitors to improve their exhibition ROI and focus on one worldwid...

En la víspera del Mes de la Tierra, la marca de papas fritas SunChips, de Frito-Lay, firma perteneciente a la multinacional PepsiCo, presentó oficialmente al mercado la “primera bolsa de pasabocas cien por ciento compostable”, según la compañía. El la...

According to PMMI’s Quarterly Economic Outlook, the U.S. is in the early stages of a mild recovery. The Industrial Production Index reached a low point in October, ending its worst economic downturn since 1946. Most industries are showing increasing a...

McCain Foods has told growers in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania it requires 10 per cent less potatoes for the 2010-11 season and wants to cut the price by AU$45 per tonne. A meeting of potato growers at Ballarat last week angrily rejected Mc...

Cavendish Farms process growers voted to accept the company’s 2010 contract offer with overwhelming support despite an agreed upon cut in the base price at the end of the season.About 100 growers cast ballots in the recent secret vote and the offer — c...

Striking workers at the McCain Foods Ballarat factory in Australia were ordered back to work yesterday following a dispute over rostered days off. The strike started when workers walked off the job on Monday night after the company failed to come to ...

BNP Media, organizer of the Food Safety Summit;and PMMI, producer of the PACK EXPO family of trade shows;are pleased to announce the debut of the Food Safety Summit Resource Center at PACK EXPO International 2010 (McCormick Place, Chicago;Oct. 31–Nov....

Al Reser, CEO and chairman of Reser's Fionefood, a philanthropist and "Beaver Believer,"died Monday night at the age of 74.According to a statement issued by his family on Tuesday, Reser passed away in his sleep at his Sarasota, Fla., vacatio...

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) announced today that it has acquired Elan Nutrition, a privately-held formulator and manufacturer of snack and nutrition bars based in Grand Rapids, Mich. Financial terms of the transaction, which closed today, were not...

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston and Agrian announced today that they have reached an agreement under which Agrian will develop the company’s sustainability data collection and reporting system utilizing the Agrian suite of data management tools. The software...

Real Crisps, a popular hand cooked crisps and chips brand in the United Kingdom, is embarking on an innovative campaign in a bid to unveil who UK consumers think will be the REAL leader of the country

The rough economy and high unemployment have posed "considerable challenges"for the $30 billion healthy-snack marketplace, according to a June 2009 industry report from Mintel. One in four consumers have cut back on their snack spending, acc...

Jamir Miller has stepped off the football field and into the culinary field.The retired All-Pro linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals and Cleveland Browns is launching Crave, a line of healthier potato chips. He is debuting the product this weekend with...

For 17 years Danish company KMC had Uffe Andreasen as its CEO and he transformed the company from a raw material supplier to the food industry to dedicated partner and supplier of functional solutions worldwide. Late last year Michael Jensen took ove...

After more than two years of slow sales and anemic guest traffic for restaurant operators, Wall Street analysts say a recovery in consumer spending may finally be here. “We officially declare that ‘the restaurant consumer recovery’ began in March 20...

In Spain this year 10.1 percent less early potatoes were planted than last year. Spain need to import more potatoes. According to the Spanish ministry for rural business 12,872 HA of early potatoes are being grown in Spain. That is 10.1 percent less be...