Potato News from Northern America

Basic American Foods announced Monday they are consolidating their production facilities in Eastern Idaho by laying off 65 positions in Shelley along with cost reductions at the Rexburg and Blackfoot production facilities and the central distribution c...

Even as artery-clogging trans fats continue their fast fade from the nation's food supply, there are early signs that 2009's nutrition "bad guy"will be salt. Salt is being siphoned from soups, banished from breads, channeled out of chips, e...

Heinz Reports 5.8% Organic Sales Growth, and a 22.5% Increase in EPS to $0.87 in Second Quarter. The second Quarter highlights: Total sales growth of 3.5%, driven by organic growth of 5.8%* Organic sales of Heinz’s Top 15 brands grew 8.5%* Net inc...

The only obstacle between kids and their french fries: Mom. So here is Debra DeMuth, McDonald's global nutrition director, mounting a spirited defense of fries to five mothers of young children at a McDonald's in Baltimore. "They are probably one ...

PepsiCo Inc reiterated its full-year 2008 earnings outlook on Thursday and said it would discuss innovation plans for 2009 for its North American beverage unit later in the day. Pepsi, which makes Pepsi-Cola drinks, Frito-Lay snacks and Quaker foods, h...

Axium Foods, based in South Beloit, Ill., is a division of McCleary Inc., which for nearly 50 years has been making snack foods sold under store labels or by other companies.Axium is making a push into the market with its own snack foods label: Pajeda'...

About 14 Wendy's headquarters employees will lose their jobs early next year and 120 positions at the Dublin headquarters will move to Atlanta in phases during 2009. In addition, about 45 field-organization jobs will be eliminated. In September, Tria...

BMA / Florigo have built up many references and over more than 40 years of experience in the nuts industry. With the knowledge that the healthy benefits of regular nut consumption are becoming widely recognised, BMA / Florigo improved their present ran...

Key Technology introduces Optyx® sorters designed specifically for kettle-style potato chips. Featuring a unique camera and lighting configuration to sense opacity as well as subtle color differences, these new Optyx sorters identify and remove objecti...

Eating a high-fat diet in pregnancy may cause changes in the foetal brain that lead to over-eating and obesity early in life, research suggests.Tests on rats showed those born to mothers fed a high-fat diet had many more brain cells specialised to prod...

Soon, the troubled casual-dining industry won't just be worrying about its nearest competitor -- Burger King could be closing in as well with a new slate of premium items, including ribs and thicker burgers."These up-market products are going to m...

Analysts said Thursday that new data showed snacks sales are holding up in the tough economy. "Snack trends have held up despite deteriorating macros and price increases,"Morgan Stanley analyst Bill Pecoriello told investors in a research not...

Key Technology (Nasdaq: KTEC) reports Q4 EPS of $0.40, 1 cent lower than the analyst estimate of $0.41. Revenue for the quarter was $40.2 million, versus the consensus of $35.50 million.

Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc. said Wednesday it will eliminate several hundred jobs and shift up to a couple hundred more as part of a restructuring of its sluggish U.S. business. The restructuring is part of Yum's strategy to sell more company-o...

Fresh Solution Farms opened its 144,000 square foot facility in Mottville Township today. Backed by a Michigan Economic Development Corp. grant and six grower-owners, the new company produces top-quality, table-stock potatoes grown in Michigan and the ...

Idaho's potato production will decrease about 12 percent this year compared to last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts.State officials said the decrease is due mainly to some farmers switching over to wheat.While Idaho farmers produced m...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announces the introduction of a new set of highly automated and easy to use applications for potato snack &french fries producers on it’s Thermo Scientific Arena analyzers.

San Antonio Express News reports that snack maker Frito-Lay closed its manufacturing plant in Mission on Nov. 5, 2008. The closure affected 62 employees. The report is based on recent Texas Workforce Commission filings. The Mission Frito-Lay plant, whi...