News On French Fries and Potato Specialties from the Americas

McCain Superfries® brand has been voted #1 by Canadian families in the Second Annual Canadian Family 2010 Food Awards.

As law makers move in various ways to legislate healthier eating in the U.S., it appears that Americans are beating them to the punch.

La semana pasada publicamos una noticia sobre el paro de trabajadores en la planta de McCain en Argentina (1). En ella dábamos cuenta sobre cómo la planta industrial de papas prefritas congeladas de Balcarce se mantenía paralizada desde el domingo 15 a...

The preliminary production estimate for the 2010 Canadian potato crop is 97,279,000 hundredweights (4 412 575 tonnes).

La planta industrial de papas prefritas congeladas que McCain Argentina posee en Balcarce, se mantiene paralizada desde el domingo a raíz de mejoras en las condiciones de trabajo reclamadas por sus empleados. Solicitan buenos tratos y denuncian “discri...

Wendy's announces the launch of its new natural-cut fries with sea salt in the United States (nationwide), marking the first complete redesign of the company's classic fries in its 41-year history.

Recently, a special reception was held in Seattle to raise awareness about the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF), which is the largest non-profit organization in the United States devoted solely to providing college scholarships for Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) students.

With the mid-term elections behind us, there's still one more critical issue left for Americans to vote on: the future of the French fry.

ConAgra Foods CEO Gary Rodkin joined Lamb Weston President Jeff DeLapp, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and others today to commemorate the grand opening of ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston’s new state-of-the art, environmentally friendly sweet potato processing plant in Delhi, Louisiana.

International marketing programs like those of the United States Potato Board (USPB) aim to increase export sales for US potato growers, but they serve a valuable purpose during a market downturn as well

Thanks to McCain Foods USA's launch of Purely Potatoes, all the preparation fuss, mess, and time have been removed from potato preparation.

McCain Foods in Easton is a mechanized wonderland of potato processing—the source of millions of pounds of fries in every shape known to modern man

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) announced today that Paul Maass has been promoted to president, Commercial Foods, effective immediately.

Canadian growers continue to decrease potato acreage in order to bring production more in-line with market demand.

Anton Wiebe Ltd. was named the 2010 McCain Champion Potato Grower for the McCain Portage La Prairie plant during the annual Growers' Banquet held Oct. 19 at Canad Inns Portage.

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston® will celebrate the grand opening of its new sweet potato processing plant in northeastern Louisiana with Get Sweet.