August 30, 2012
Pepsico UK introduces smartphone app to predict potato yields;i-crop trial results revealed
Smartphone App to predict potato yield PepsiCo and Cambridge University have joined forces to introduce mobile technology to crop planning, with a new smartphone app that will help farmers predict future harvests.From the archive
August 21, 2012
La primer máquina auto expendedora para niños que ofrece exclusivamente snacks saludables
Se ha presentado la primera máquina expendedora para niños en el Reino Unido, una vending que ofrece exclusivamente snacks saludables, batidos y bocadillos, en total doce productos diferentes que los más pequeños podrán elegir. Como se aprecia en la fo...From the archive
August 21, 2012
El consumidor comerá más snacks pese a seguir dudando de su salubridad, según reciente estudio
El mercado de los snacks alcanzará los 4.800 millones de euros hacia el 2016 en el Reino Unido, según el informe de mercado de Mintel. No obstante, y a pesar de los buenos augurios, el público sigue manteniendo ciertas ideas preconcebida alrededor de...From the archive
August 20, 2012
How packaging convinces you food tastes better
Supermarket food packaging doesn't just tempt you into putting it in your basket - new Which? research reveals that the packaging actually increases how tasty you perceive a product to be. To test the power of packaging, we asked two groups of people ...From the archive
August 17, 2012
Food Industry expert Alan Burgess joins Spice Application Systems
Experienced food industry professional Alan Burgess has joined Spice Application Systems (SAS) as a director, taking on responsibility for sales and marketing, project development and day-to-day operations. The move will see Peter King, founder and ma...From the archive
August 14, 2012
New British app allows potato chip bags to predict the weather
It is probably hard to go wrong with a promotion based on the British obsession with the weather. That is why packets of Walkers crisps, as the Brits call potato chips, will feature augmented reality weather forecasts using an app from Blippar.From the archive
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August 06, 2012
Crisps: an icon for the British Consumer
If you observe Brits' lunch habits, you'll discover the obsession of the Nation for crisps. While, according to Mintel's latest research into savoury snacks, the vast majority (76%) of Brits would typically lunch on a sandwich - or roll or wrap - 40% w...From the archive
August 05, 2012
Case study: How to build a potato storage facility
A new 2,700 tonne potato storage facility – constructed and equipped as a ‘turnkey’ project by Crop Systems Ltd - is helping Shropshire growers J M Bubb and Son hit and beat exacting targets for both energy and CIPC usage.From the archive
July 12, 2012
McDonald’s and the IOC banned other french fries from Olympics
Because of an exclusive sponsorship deal with McDonald's, none of the other 800 food retailers on the grounds of 40 Olympic sites will be allowed to sell 'chips or french fries'during the fortnight of the Games.From the archive
July 07, 2012
Londres 2012: la guerra de las papas fritas
McDonald's, uno de los major sponsors de los JJOO, dejará de tener el monopolio para vender el producto más pedido en las instalaciones. Sin embargo, la liberación no es total El personal que trabaja sin descanso para tener todo listo de cara a la cer...From the archive
June 28, 2012
World Potato Congress information available online
Everyone who attended the World Potato Congress last month agreed that WPC 2012 was a huge success. Now, speaker presentations and video's are available online. It's a great opportunity to have another look at the great presentations or take a look at...From the archive
June 24, 2012
War on waste in the potato supply chain
everal key actions to drive out waste from the potato supply chain, including improved agronomy, were outlined at the recent World Potato Congress in Edinburgh.From the archive
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June 07, 2012
Chip Week a highly successful UK campaign
The 21st annual Chip Week has been hailed a success! A review of the 2012 campaign, run by Potato Council, reveals the Week encouraged enough media interest to reach every adult in Great Britain more than 2.5 times, providing opportunities for increase...From the archive
May 29, 2012
Kellogg expected to bid for United Biscuits unit, Financial Times reports
Kellogg, the US foodmaker, and Germany’s Intersnack are expected to be among the bidders for the salty snacks division of United Biscuits, whose brands include Hula Hoops and KP nuts. The private equity funds that own United Biscuits, Blackstone and PA...From the archive
May 09, 2012
Cool Farm Institute to improve farming and retail carbon footprint
A new institute to help farmers produce more efficiently and an updated software ‘tool’ that enables farming and food industries to calculate their carbon footprint are launched this week.From the archive
May 05, 2012
Partner deal opens American gateway for SAS
UK-based Spice Application Systems (SAS) has signed an exclusive trading partner deal with Canadian company ARBO Engineering. The move is expected to open up major new opportunities for SAS to increase sales of its specialist electrostatic systems wit...From the archive
May 01, 2012
UK doctors blast McDonalds' Olympic sponsorship
McDonald's is a sponsor for the London Olympics _ and a British doctors' group says that's sending the wrong message in a country with ballooning obesity.From the archive
April 24, 2012
World's largest McDonalds set to open for Summer Olympics, plans to serve 9 million guests in 6 weeks
The biggest McDonald's restaurant in the world will open for six weeks during the London 2012 Olympic games with plans to serve more than 50,000 Big Mac burgers and 180,000 orders of french fries.From the archive