News On French Fries and Potato Specialties

McCain Foods in Othello reached a settlement agreement this week with the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) over violations of the plant’s air quality permit, vowing to avoid any similar violations in the future.

Cavendish Farms celebrated the official opening of its natural gas receiving station at a ceremony held at the New Annan site on Prince Edward Island.

Para poder abastecer al mercado del país vecino, Farm Frites reemplazó las papas prefritas que produce en su filial argentina por otras europeas, más caras por los costos de flete. Las trabas impuestas al comercio bilateral implementadas por Argentina...

French Fry manufacturer McCain Foods has been accused by the Victorian Farmers Federation of using 'bully-boy tactics' to push potato growers in Victoria and Tasmania to the financial brink.

McCain's decision to use cheap potato imports rather than Australian-grown product will have devastating effects on the entire industry, according to AUSVEG

The McCain Foods plant in Florenceville will be shut down for part of the summer. Due to a shortage of potatoes, the company will be shutting down operations beginning June 18 until after the long weekend of July 1. Calla Farn, vice-president of publ...

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...

Falling pizza sales have prompted frozen food giant McCain Foods to stop producing pizzas in the UK, with the potential loss of around 40 jobs. The company produces McCain Pizza Fingers Cheese &Tomato for retail trade as well as pizza products mad...

McCain Foods Canada is temporarily shutting down a potato processing plant in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, a decision that will affect 120 workers.

The United States Potato Board (USPB) International Marketing program provided Lamb-Weston distributors in Mexico a full day of training as part of their annual conference.

Potandon Produce is pleased to announce that the newest addition to its growing family of Klondike Brands, Klondike Goldust Express will be available early June 2012.

A study of potato farming has found that it costs up to double the amount to grow spuds in Australia than it does overseas.

Supermarket chain Woolworths is in talks with McCain Foods for it to supply potatoes to a new line of frozen home-brand products.

TOMRA acquires Belgian sorting machine producer BEST Kwadraat NV for EUR 138m TOMRA Systems ASA (TOMRA), through its fully owned subsidiary TOMRA Sorting AS, has on May 31, 2012 signed an agreement with the owners of technology manufacturer BEST Kwadr...

With the 2012 International Potato Processing and Storage Convention just over a month away, more top-class speakers have been added to the programme to ensure the event will offer added value to delegates. Opening proceedings on the speaker programme...

Los productores de papa piden al consumidor tico comprar la papa producida en Costa Rica. La importación de ese producto procesado, les roba mercado, y el gobierno está atado de manos para frenarla. La importación de papa prefrita que viene de Canadá...

McCain Foods USA, Inc. and Ag Connections Inc. of Murray, KY announce the integration of McCain Agriculture Systems, through their internet portal from the Ag Connections Land.db crop record keeping system. This integration allows for the electronic tr...

The Belgian potato-processing industry continued to grow in 2011 for its entire product segment, as shown by the annual production data published by Belgapom, the Belgian federation of the potato trade and processing sector. This growth is above all tr...