News On French Fries and Potato Specialties from Europe

The total ware potato harvest in the five North-Western European Potato growers (NEPG) countries - Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain - in 2014 is estimated at more than 28 million tons.

Lamb Weston / Meijer, maker of frozen potato products and dried potato flakes, is investing € 120 million euros in its Bergen op Zoom plant located in the southwest of the Netherlands.

The 17th edition of INTERPOM | PRIMEURS in Kortrijk Xpo has again chalked up record visitor numbers with no less than 19 529 visitors, representing an increase of 10.5%

If you are a supplier to the chip shop trade or foodservice sector with quality potatoes for chipping, then it makes sense for you to get behind Chip Week 2015!

Maximal cleaning with a minimal amount of water. That is now possible with the new Drum Washer TGW from Tolsma-Grisnich.

In the United Kingdom, McCain Foodservice has launched a new website, providing caterers with an online experience that is tailored to their own unique business requirements.

Farm Frites Poland (FFP) is operating its French Fry Factory for 20 years. Hence the company is celebrating! FFP has prepared an special website with the highlights of these 20 years. PotatoPro made a selection to whet your appetite...

McCain Foods has appointed Adam & Eve DDB to handle its creative account following a pitch against Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, WCRS and incumbent BMB.

Heinz is set to cut 200 jobs when it shuts a potato processing plant in Norfolk, which produces Aunt Bessie's frozen potato products

Farm Frites has introduced a versatile range of eight different potato mini bites in the United Kingdom, covering various flavours and textures: Let’s Go Mini

With two months still to go before the opening of INTERPOM | PRIMEURS 2014, the event is already bigger than last time – and virtually fully booked.

The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) estimates that the upcoming
Potato harvest could set a new record, even higher than 2011 when production reached
26.8 million tons.

Mydibel Group, manufacturer of fresh and deep-frozen potato products and dried potato flakes and granules, has invested in the construction of 2 ha of photovoltaic panels - the largest industrial solar field in private hands in Wallonia

Henry Alston, a Norfolk potato farmer has been declared champion grower in the south of England in annual awards staged by McCain Foods (GB).

TOMRA Sorting announces the development of a new revolutionary feature specifically for french fry manufacturers: Sort-to-Spec - an intelligence system that continuously adapts the sorter settings to obtain maximum product quality.

McCain Foods GB is looking for a new agency for its UK advertising account, as part of a £20 million review.

Mydibel Group, manufacturer of chilled, frozen and dehydrated potato products, is investing 5,2 million euros in its processing plant in Mouscron, Belgium. A fully-automated potato sorting process is being implemented in a new, state-of-the-art potato grading area.

McCain Foods GB will be and official supplier of Tour de France 2014, which starts with an opening stage in Yorkshire.