Potato News from the Americas

ConAgra Foods, an Omaha, Neb.-based food processing company, has an agreement to purchase the Prosser facility from Stanwood, Wash.-based Twin City Foods. The purchase is scheduled to close in the next 30 days, and does not include the facility in El...

Los ministerios de Agricultura (Minag) y de la Producción están trabajando en conjunto para desarrollar nuevas harinas de camote o papa como alternativa ante el incremento del precio del trigo, informó hoy el titular del Minag, Ismael Benavides.

Wallace McCain, chairman of the board of MapleLeaf Foods Inc. and co-founder of one of the world's largest frozen food companies McCain Foods, will receive the coveted Ernst &Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R)2007 Ontario Lifetime Achievement Award...

Key Technology Inc., which makes automation systems for food processing, said Thursday it expects sales of more than $100 million for its 2007 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.

The restaurant industry seemed buoyed when a federal judge this week struck down a city health regulation that would have required nearly 2,400 New York City restaurants to post calorie information on their menus. But the ruling may backfire on the in...

Jim Tiede operates a farm with his son Alex in the Flat of Pleasant valley and the harvest has just begun. Jim said he didn't expect this year's potato yield to be as good as last year's record crop, but he was encouraged by what they found once they ...

Bob Goldin, executive vice president and food industry analyst at Technomic says he can "only applaud"Burger King's healthy kids food initiative, but says it is "long over due"with its healthy kids food initiative. He tells Steve P...

Wednesday, McDonald's raised its annual dividend by 50 percent as part of a plan to return up to $17 billion to shareholders through 2009, sending its shares up more than 2 percent. The world's largest restaurant company said its board of directors dec...

SunChips, Frito-Lay's popular brand of multigrain snacks, announced today the inclusion of the "Green-e"designation across the full line of SunChips snacks. The updated packaging will feature the Green-e logo, a designation from the Center f...

In an attempt to assuage public concern about the obesity problem, major snack brands like Kraft, Kellogs and Frito-lay are responding with 100-calorie packs of their most popular varieties.   According to Tom Vierhile, director of Productscan Online, ...

The Idaho Potato Commission announced initiatives for its 2007-08 season that include the release of two new commercials with spokesperson Denise Austin and the launch of a major cable television commercial campaign expected to make over a billion con...

Bill Brewer, executive director of the Oregon Potato Commission, said that potato growers are looking for a return to normal production in 2007. "So far, we're happy with the quality,"Mr. Brewer told The Produce News. "Potato growers are...

McDonald's Corporation anunció el día 11 que sus ventas globales comparables subieron 8,1 por ciento en agosto. Las ventas de los restaurantes McDonald's en todo el mundo aumentaron 12,3 por ciento en el mes, dijo la cadena de comida rápida más grande...

Hey, kids: wanna chow down on hot fries — or chilled apple slices cut to look like fries?Burger King (BKC) on Wednesday announced that the apple slices — served in a french-fry-like cup — are on tap to add a fresh fruit option to kid-targeted meals. ...

The two leading US agricultural processors, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Cargill, yesterday announced new appointments and leadership reshuffling.ADM has appointed a number of senior executives in its Commercial and Production Group, which is resp...

This week I reached out for a bag of Mystic Gourmet Dark Russet Potato Chips, available in stores in the Northeast (lucky them) and online throughout cyberspace (still lucky). Mystic? Dark? I love a mystery, so I bought a bag. They had me at crunch. ...

SABRITAS que preside Pedro Padierna arrancará una campaña por medio de la cual se van a obsequiar mil viviendas a familias de escasos recursos (...) Los consumidores que compren papas Sabritas originales, adobadas y con limón aportarán un porcentaje pa...

Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. said Tuesday its global same-store sales rose 8.1 percent in August. The chain said its U.S. same-store sales grew 7.4 percent during the month due to the company's breakfast menu, beverages and new food offerings. The...