Potato News from the Americas

Gorman Controls Inc., a Prince Edward Island based company, received support from the Rural Broadband Fund for a project to develop a storage controller.

Muy buenas noticias trajo desde Argentina el intendente de La Araucanía, Andrés Molina, quien junto a Jorge Retamal director regional de Corfo se reunió con el presidente para Latinomérica y el gerente de la empresa McCain, marca de papas pre fritas que confirmó su intención de instalarse en la Región.

Wendy’s/Arby’s Group is taking the Wendy’s restaurant slogan “Quality is Our Recipe” to a new level – this time, with all-natural French fries in test markets.And interestingly, the new recipe comes at a time when Wendy’s French fries are already popul...

Restaurant traffic growth is projected to lag the nation's annual population growth over the next 10 years as aging baby boomers dine out less frequently, according to The NPD Group.

Shoppers around the world took many steps to stretch their budgets during the recession such as eating at home more frequently or cutting back on vacations.  While improving economies may prompt consumers to return to restaurants or take a vacation, o...

New Brunswick potato growers will receive up to $3 million to help offset the extra costs of cleaning and disinfection of storage facilities and disposing of ruined product following a difficult growing season in 2009. The announcement was made today ...

The United States Potato Board presents the 2010 National Eating Trends Report. The objective of this report is to track and examine in-home potato consumption trends. Data for this report is obtained from the NPD Group’s National Eating Trend...

EPA and Bayer CropScience, the manufacturer, have reached an agreement to end use of the pesticide aldicarb in the United States.

Normal temperatures and below average precipitation allowed producers in Minnesota to make steady harvest progress

Gold Dust Potato Processors and Walker Brothers welcomed customers, vendors and guests to their 10th Annual Open House Field Day.

Burger King Holdings Inc. plans to continue emphasizing its “barbell” strategy of promoting both value and premium menu items and said it remains optimistic that the September rollout of its new breakfast menu will help increase traffic and sales.

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay Perry, Ga., facility today became the state's first building to be awarded LEED® for Existing Buildings (EB) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), as verified by the Green Building Certification Institute ...

Jorge Yanovsky, es Vicepresidente del 1º Foro Argentino de Biotecnología;y uno de los disertantes de las jornadas “Chaco, Potencia Agroalimentaria”, que se llevarán a cabo mañana en la ciudad de Las Breñas, organizadas por el partido Lealtad Popular, q...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today released two documents that outline steps to help chain restaurants comply with new federal nutrition labeling requirements. “One of the most important things we can do when it comes to the nation’s health i...

ConAgra Foods, which began training its final group of 80 employees this week to complete its 241-person work force, should begin production at its new Lamb Weston sweet potato processing plant near Delhi in less than a month, officials said Monday.

La Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria de Brasil, Anvisa, recientemente dictaminó que la publicidad de bebidas refrescantes y comida rica en grasas saturadas o grasas trans, azúcar y sodio cambiará. Para final de 2010, la industria se tendrá que ...

President and CEO Kraig R. Naasz of the American Frozen Foods Institute (AFFI) today issued a statement responding to Mexico’s announcement of additional retaliatory import tariffs on select U.S. exports due to the ongoing cross-border trucking dispute.