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PepsiCo Switches to HVO for all Walkers Crisps Potato Deliveries – Potato Business
July 27, 2023
Potato deliveries to Walkers Leicester Chips factory entirely powered by used cooking oil
In the United Kingdom, PepsiCo has scaled the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) – used cooking oil - across their supply chain in a move set to save 2,650 tonnes in GHG emissions annually.
Lamb Weston Potato Products
July 26, 2023
Lamb Weston Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results; Provides Fiscal Year 2024 Outlook
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LW) announced its fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2023 results and provided its outlook for fiscal 2024.
Rick Garrett, Director of Sales and Marketing of Idaho Steel
July 26, 2023
Potato Processing Equipment Manufacturer Idaho Steel Appoints Rick Garrett as Director of Sales and Marketing
Leading Potato Processing Equipment Manufacturer Idaho Steel announced a new addition to their team, Rick Garrett, who assumed the position of Director of Sales and Marketing in June 2023.
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July 26, 2023
As world combats climate change, Reading Baking Systems introduces Emithermic XE Oven to Replace Direct Gas Fired Oven Technology
Reading Bakery Systems (RBS), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of snack production systems, unveiled the new Thomas L. Green Emithermic XE Oven, a superior replacement for traditional Direct Gas Fired (DGF) ovens.
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July 25, 2023
Novel Approach to Combatting Aphid-Transmitted Crop Viruses: Harnessing 'Spike Proteins' as Weapons
The infamous spike protein doesn’t just help spread viruses – it can also be weaponized to stop them.
WK Kellogg co and Kellanova logo
July 25, 2023
Creation of Kellanova one step closer as Kellogg Company files Form 10 registration statement for separation
Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) announced the filing of a Form 10 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the Company's previously announced plan to separate into two businesses
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Manter finalist in Drenthe Enterprise of the Year 2023.
July 24, 2023
Packaging equipment company Manter finalist in 'Drenthe Enterprise of the Year 2023'
The race for the title 'Drenthe Enterprise of the Year 2023' is in full swing. From 150 entries, 10 companies from Drenthe (a province in the Netherlands) were nominated.
Innovations in Hydrocutting Technology – By Kiremko
July 24, 2023
Innovations in Hydrocutting Technology – By Kiremko
Cutting potatoes is one of the primary processes in a potato processing line. There have been some significant developments the last couple of years in the way processors cut their raw material.
EU Commission publishes legally binding food waste reduction targets for 2030
July 24, 2023
EU Commission publishes legally binding food waste reduction targets for 2030
As part of a package of measures for a sustainable use of natural resources, the European Commission is proposing to set legally binding food waste reduction targets to be achieved by Member States (MS) by 2030.
Together for a greener future: Farm Frites Sustainability Report 2022
July 24, 2023
Potato Processor Farm Frites publishes its Sustainability Report for 2022
With the most disruptive phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in the past, Farm Frites team was able to place renewed focus on reaching their sustainability goals in 2022.
UPGC Crop Update Report
July 24, 2023
2023 Potato Crop Canada, update per July 18 – Including Planted Acreage
Statistics Canada released their first estimate of potato acreage in Canadaas a result of data obtained from their survey of potato growers in Canada.
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July 23, 2023
Farmers of Tajikistan expect to harvest 1.1 million tons of potatoes in 2023
According to the long-term plan, about 1.1 million tons of potatoes will be harvested in Tajikistan in 2023, Khovar reports with reference to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan.
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