News On French Fries and Potato Specialties from Oceania

March 20, 2011

Australian Potato growers protest outside McCain Ballarat factory

Potato growers are using 50 tractors to protest outside the McCain factory at Ballarat, in central Victoria, over contract negotiations.

March 02, 2011

McCain Foods Australia urged to chip in more for potato growers

McCain Foods Australia is being urged to follow the lead of Simplot Australia by increasing potato prices for Ballarat growers.

February 24, 2011

Australia: Simplot's potato price rise

Two hundred potato growers who supply Simplot Australia's Ulverstone factory have negotiated a $20 a tonne price increase.

February 24, 2011

Australian floods cut into potato supply of French fry manufactures

Australian French Fries (or should we say hot chips?) could be in short supply this year after floods devastated potato-growing regions in four states.

February 15, 2011

McCain Foods investment in Hastings (NZ) vegetable plant to boost jobs and export

The New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will officially open the NZ $19 million upgrade to McCain Foods plant Friday, February 18

Floodwater cuts this Tasmanian potato field in half (Courtesy ABC Rural)

January 18, 2011

Tasmanian Floods may have destroyed 20% of the potato crop

The damage bill from flooding on Tasmanian farms is expected to run into millions of dollars.

October 12, 2010

Tasmanian potato growers agree lower price with Simplot

Tasmanian potato growers supplying Simplot have reluctantly agreed to a AU$25 cut per tonne of potatoes grown this season.

September 23, 2010

Tasmanian potato growers agree price cut with McCain

McCain Tasmanian potato growers supplying McCain have agreed on a price cut of $26.50 per tonne for this season.

September 17, 2010

South Australian potato growers close to a deal with McCain Foods

Potato growers in the Ballarat region (South Australia) are continuing negotiations over pricing for the next harvest with the food processor McCain.

September 13, 2010

McCain Foods Australia and South East Potato growers settle contract

Another price cut in a contract settled yesterday between South East potato growers and major potato-processing company McCain Foods Australia has threatened to wipe-out the industry if the downturn continues, according to potato producers in the region.

June 24, 2010

Tasmanian Potato growers ask Simplot for a 4 percent price increase

Potato growers who supply Simplot Australia’s Ulverstone potato processing plant have put their case for a four per cent price increase for the 2010/11 growing season, the equivalent of another $13 a tonne. Simplot has yet to respond to the growers’ p...

June 14, 2010

Talley's bid for meat processor Affco

NZX-listed meat processor Affco is the target of a full takeover bid by its largest shareholder, Talley's Group, which has agreed to buy out the next-biggest investor, raising its stake to 76 per cent.Talley's, which owned 53 per cent has reached an ag...

April 13, 2010

McCain Ballarat staff return to work following strike

Striking workers at the McCain Foods Ballarat factory in Australia were ordered back to work yesterday following a dispute over rostered days off. The strike started when workers walked off the job on Monday night after the company failed to come to ...

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April 13, 2010

Australian Hungry Jack's french fries now manufactured in Canada?

McCain Foods has told growers in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania it requires 10 per cent less potatoes for the 2010-11 season and wants to cut the price by AU$45 per tonne. A meeting of potato growers at Ballarat last week angrily rejected Mc...

April 07, 2010

Price cuts and volume reductions for Australian Potato Growers McCain Foods

Potato growers in the Moorabool region (Australia, near McCain Foods Ballarat factory) say they could be forced out of business after McCain Foods planned a AU$45 a tonne price cut next season. With McCain’s tonnage also set to be reduced by 10 per c...

March 16, 2010

Processed Potato Import chipping away at Aussie potato profits

Australian potato producers are feeling the pinch, due to an increase in processed potato imports from Europe, American and New Zealand. Since 2004, annual processed potato imports have risen 400 per cent, from $20 million to $109 million. Tim Heisse...

January 26, 2010

Trading down not as prevalent down under

Latest research from Leatherhead’s Global Food Markets database suggests that the key food sectors in Australia are weathering the global recession well. Although there are signs that consumers have begun to economise during the slowdown, many sectors ...

McCain Foods Timaru (NZ) potato storage fire

January 14, 2010

Fire at McCain Foods Timaru Potato Storages

A woman has been taken to hospital with respiratory problems following a large fire at McCain Foods' potato stores in Timaru this morning. Flames, reportedly 20m high, were seen rolling out of one of four empty potato storage sheds. Thick, black an...

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