Potato News from Central America

June 21, 2008
Idaho Potato Commission works on promo of Dehydrated Potato in Mexico
The Idaho Potato Commission is developing the details of a promotion for dehydrated potato products in Mexico.The details of the project are still being worked out, said Seth Pemsler, vice president of retail and international affairs for the commissio...
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May 20, 2008
Costa Rica develops Phythophtora resistant Potato Varieties
After three long years of study, the Instituto Nacional de Innovación y Transferencia en Tecnologí Agropecuaria (INTA, or the National Institute for Innovation and Transference of Agricultural Technology) has made a potato breakthrough, and five new ty...
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May 10, 2008
No hay relación entre Sabritas y obesidad. La empresa no colocará advertencias a sus productos
Pedro Padierna Bartning, presidente de PepsiCo Región Sabritas, dijo que no colocarán etiquetas en sus productos que adviertan sobre efectos de obesidad al ser consumidos, "porque no existe una relación entre la obesidad y el consumo de nuestros p...
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March 31, 2008
Wendy's to Expand in Mexico
Wendy's International, Incannounced today it has signed development agreements to open Wendy's restaurants in two major Mexico cities--Monterrey and Mexico City. Under these agreements, two new franchisees will build and operate more than 60 restauran...
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January 02, 2008
Tate & Lyle completes Mexican sugar sale
Tate &Lyle has completed its sale of its Mexican sugar business, removing itself from volatile commodity markets and allowing it to refocus on value-added ingredients.The ingredients giant announced the move in October and has since received cleara...
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October 22, 2007
USPB promotes frozen potato products in Mexico
The United States Potato Board (USPB) increases demand for US frozen potato products in Mexico by reaching both trade and consumers. Trade is targeted through restaurant chain training and tailored seminars held in conjunction with the importer/distri...
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October 10, 2007
El consumo excesivo de frituras ocasiona daños a la salud
Saborear unas humeantes, doradas, saladitas y crujientes papas fritas es una tentación que pocos logran resistir (...) ¿Pero qué tan recomendable o sano es comerlas? (...) (un) factor de riesgo para la salud es que muchas veces las papas son freídas en...
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September 11, 2007
“Sabritas en tiempo de ayudar”
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...
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August 30, 2007
Instalarán planta empacadora de tubérculos en Panamá
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...
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July 25, 2007
En Mexico, tras nueve años, P&G y Sabritas firman el armisticio de la ‘Guerra de las Papas’
Procter &Gamble (P&G) y Sabritas ponen fin a la ‘Guerra de las Papas’. El 29 de mayo, P&G publicó un desplegado en los diarios Reforma y El Universal, donde se disculpa con Sabritas, filial de PepsiCo de México, por “posibles daños ocasiona...
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