News On French Fries and Potato Specialties from the Americas

According to a national taste test in the US presented by Wendy's, consumers said Wendy's new fries taste better than McDonald's fries.

BBQ enthusiasts across the United Sattes are firing up their grills and sharpening their knives as the 2011 competitive season officially begins.

ConAgra Foods announced today the winners of its 2011 Sustainable Development Awards, an internal awards program intended to drive and reward innovative approaches to sustainability that produce tangible business results.

Prince Edward Island potato farmers who grow for Cavendish Farms voted Tuesday night in favour of a new deal with the company. Greg Donald, general manager of the P.E.I. Potato Board, wouldn't provide any details of the contract because negotiations ar...

Packaged Facts projects sales of frozen convenience foods will grow at a rate of 2.8 percent annually over the next several years--to top $18.6 billion by 2015.

Prince Edward Island Agriculture Minister George Webster says he was unable to get assurances from the corporate bosses at McCain Foods that its Borden-Carleton processing plant will remain open.

New York's City Council announced its proposal to outlaw toys and other incentives from meals that don't meet extensive nutrition requirements

Groom Energy and Digital Lumens today announced the installation of Digital Lumens' Intelligent LED Lighting Systems at Americold facilities located in Massachusetts, Utah and Wisconsin.

Want some fries with that? At Wendy's the answer increasingly seems to be yes, thanks to the chain replacing its thin and soggy french fries with a crisper, skin-on version flavored with sea salt.

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) one of North America's leading packaged food companies, today reported results for the fiscal 2011 third quarter ended Feb. 27, 2011.

McCain Foods (Canada) has another good reason to celebrate the success of its Sweet Potato Superfries® varieties.

As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) readies to submit its proposed regulations for the federal menu labeling law by the March 23, 2011 deadline, the lingering question is how will U.S. consumers react to seeing calories on menus?

The 13 major potato States in the US held 143 million cwt of potatoes in storage March 1, 2011, down 15 percent from a year ago.

Alternating between North America and Europe, the unique, annual International Potato Processing &Storage Convention will take place in Denver this year.

AFFI commends the agreement announced by President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón to end a lengthy cross-border trucking dispute that has resulted in various U.S. frozen food exports being subject to punitive Mexican retaliatory tariffs.

Americold today announced the grand opening of a new temperature-controlled storage facility in Delhi, Louisiana.

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) today announced record attendance at the 2011 AFFI Frozen Food Convention in San Francisco.

Both the ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston Richland processing facility and the ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston/RDO Frozen Foods Plant in Park Rapids have earned ENERGY STAR® designation for 2010 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).