Potato News from the Americas

Last night the California Assembly passed a bill requiring calories on fast-food menu boards and additional nutrition information on chain-restaurants’ printed menus. Later today, the state’s Senate will consider separate legislation that would requir...

A judge struck down a New York City rule Tuesday that required fast-food restaurants to post calorie counts on their menus.   U.S. District Judge Richard J. Holwell said he determined the rule conflicted with federal law. Businesses had claimed that t...

Helped by record quarterly revenues and backlog, Key Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTEC) reported solid fiscal third-quarter results last month. Earnings per share reached 54 cents, which beat the consensus by more than 63% while easily topping the year-...

A 20-year-old McDonald's employee spent a night in jail and is facing criminal charges after a police officer complained that the burger she prepared with too much salt made him sick. Kendra Bull was charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct and arre...

ConAgra Foods, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Chicago-based Lincoln Snacks, a privately-held popcorn snacks manufacturer.

The 350 to 400 Wendy's workers who lost their jobs in July finally may be able to get their unpaid wages covered by a $350,000 gift fund set up by Wendy's International. The Dublin, Ohio-based restaurant chain announced today that the money has been ...

ConAgra Foods, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Chicago-based Lincoln Snacks, a privately-held popcorn snacks manufacturer. Lincoln Snacks' priority brands include Poppycock and Fiddle Faddle and various retailers' private label products. The...

Americans love their spuds, consuming 130 pounds per person annually. Now that culinary love affair could grow even more passionate with Agricultural Research Service (ARS) findings that some potato varieties are packed with health-promoting compounds...

The U.S.'s largest microwave popcorn maker, ConAgra Foods Inc. (CAG), said it will change the recipe for its Orville Redenbacher and Act II brands over the next year to remove diacetyl, a flavoring chemical linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant wor...

La papa, una hortaliza clave en la dieta de los argentinos, aumentó un 50% en las últimas semanas y ya preocupa al Gobierno, que decidió incentivar la importación para frenar el alza. A tal punto llegó la preocupación que se decidió crear un registro ...

Supermarket operator Kroger Co. said it recalled Kroger brand Mustard and Southern-Style potato salad with a "best if used by"date of Sept. 5 from sale in its stores because it may contain E. coli O157:H7. To date, no illnesses have been repo...

Spuds are no longer the top agricultural commodity in Idaho as measured by annual cash receipts. Potatoes yielded that position to the dairy industry several years ago. But spuds are still a huge part of Idaho's agricultural economy, according to a Un...

The world’s largest producer of French fries, McCain Foods works to convince the public and food preparers that its trans fat free products are even better than ever.   When McCain Foods made the decision to go totally transfat free by the end of this...

First place at the McCain Champion Grower competition came as a bit of a shock for this year’s winners. “I guess we’re certainly surprised,” said Dan Sawatzky from Sawatzky Enterprises of Mac-Gregor, named 2007 Champion Potato Grower for the McCain Foo...

Root vegetables seem to be coming out of a long hiatus and anyone who has tasted roasted roots like parsnips, beets, carrots and rutubaga will no doubt cheer. "When I was growing up, before we got all this imported produce coming into the countr...

Louisville, Ky.-based Kentucky Fried Chicken's $2.99 Deals was recently introduced. The marketing campaign is focussed around the idea that the smell of KFC in American offices will lure customers into the chain. To carry out the "scent-focused&...

Una planta empacadora de tubérculos y raíces, que se instalará próximamente en el distrito de Ocú, pudiese ayudar a resolver el problema del rechazo que tienen algunos productos cuya apariencia los descalifica para su comercialización (...) Ésta es la...

Wendy's International Inc. has gone from being a case study for activist investing to a poster child for waning interest in mergers and acquisitions. Before Wendy's disclosed that billionaire investor Nelson Peltz would gain access to see confidential...