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While industries such as retail, manufacturing, and financial services have cut tens of thousands of jobs, the foodservice sector continues to beef up payrolls, with 65 percent of fast food restaurants reporting an increase in employment levels at bot...

Tyrrell's Potato Chips knows its potato supplier intimately. In fact, the British company knows everything about the potatoes it uses, all the way from seed to chip. That's because Tyrrells started as a potato farm, and when price pressures became too ...

The continuing strength of the Canadian dollar is posing some problems for Portage La Prairie french fry manufacturers. For Simplot Canada Ltd.’s Portage plant, unit director Chris Tompkins said the high dollar is having an impact on his operation. “W...

Canadian Food Industry Financial review and Update (pdf document) 

BASF, the world's largest chemical maker, is weeks away from challenging European resistance to genetically modified plants with a potato that it hopes will reap profit and produce share gains along with other bioengineered crops. The BASF Amflora pota...

One of the largest medical studies ever undertaken has confirmed what many public health officials already feared: Being overweight can give you cancer.It is already established that excess body fat is an important cause of diabetes, heart disease, st...

Burger King Corp on Tuesday named Armando Jacomino as president of the Latin America region, replacing Julio Ramirez, who was promoted to executive vice president, global operations.

Voor Avebe en beoogd Akzo-dochter National Starch zijn de hoge prijzen voor melk en melkproducten een buitenkansje.   Avebe-dochter Solanic begint deze maand met de productie van hoogwaardige vervangers van melkeiwit. National Starch verkoopt al heel l...

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) today reported strong first quarter earnings, boosted by higher selling prices for its products, including sweeteners and starches.The agricultural and ingredients firm has posted net earnings for the quarter ended Septembe...

TVP informs, Polish farmers had high potato harvest in 2007. However, there have been no reasons for joy yet, because potato prices are still extremely low. The wholesale prices decline lower than $0.08-0.12/kg;at the same period of time past year the ...

Burger King Holdings will show its first net restaurant gains in the US and Canada in six years in 2008, executives said at the company’s first quarter conference call. The company also says it plans an expansion of a net increase of 300 units worldwid...

McCain Foods (Canada) has introduced a new product that makes it easier than ever for busy parents to serve healthy and nutritious family dinners.    The meals are reminiscent of the good, old-fashioned meat-and-potato dinners of years gone by but the...

KMC’s special award, the Golden Potato Leaf, is given to persons in recognition of special achievements for KMC and for Danish Potato Starch.During FI Europe 2007 in London this special award was given to two of KMC's agents, Mr. Giorgio Sancassan of R...

DSM Food Specialities has received approval for Danish food safety authorities for the use of its Preventase, meaning that the acrylamide-reducing enzyme can now be used in food products throughout the EU and the US.At present, enzymes used in food pr...

Fast-food chain Burger King Corp. said Monday its fiscal first-quarter earnings rose 23 percent, beating Wall Street expectations, helped by "Simpsons"and "Transformers"marketing promotions and sales of the Tendercrisp and Spicy Ch...

Welsh snacks manufacturer Real Crisps is to supply a range of TGI Friday’s branded snacks in the UK. TGI snacks, based on the successful bar-restaurant venue, are already a big seller in the US. Crumlin-based Real Crisps is now the official UK distri...

Malaysia's crude palm oil (CPO) production rose 2.7 percent to 1.6 MMT in September,bringing total CPO production for 2006/07 to 15.3 MMT. The increase in palm oil exports was offset by a bigger increase in CPO production, resulting in an increase in c...

The world's third-largest retailer, has begun its long-awaited launch in the United States, opening its first store near Los Angeles. Britain's most successful retailer opened its Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market in the small city of Hemet late last week.