Potato News

Thanks in part to a large percentage of high-quality, No. 1-graded product, markets for new-crop russet potatoes are continuing where markets left off at the end of the storage season: red hot.On Sept. 9, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported pri...

On a sunny afternoon in Florenceville-Bristol, McCain Foods officially opened its $65-million potato processing plant on Thursday, Sept. 4.The plant was announced in 2006 and began construction in the spring of 2007. It replaces the first factory ever ...

The Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company, Carleton County’s newest tourism destination is receiving a half-a-million dollar boost from the federal government. The facility is on its way to a November opening.The Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company will es...

Health has led to wealth for UK-based JLM Global Foods Ltd.After wowing health-conscious exhibitors at a trade event in Germany, the low-fat snack manufacturer’s potato crisps are now being sold across Belgium under a private label.The products contain...

McDonald's ha querido demostrar en su última campaña publicitaria que ‘la comida rápida no es sinónimo de comida basura'. Por eso ha creado un anuncio destacando que sus alimentos son naturales y una página web en la que los clientes pueden hacer sus p...

Idaho potato acres are down, and the next few weeks could determine whether yields are down, too. Development of the crop was about two weeks behind during the early part of the growing season because of a long, cold spring.The potato crop has caught u...

Bosch's Packaging Technology Division plans to acquire Paal Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH &Co. KG, based in Remshalden near Stuttgart. The purchase agreement was signed on September 5, 2008.

While the food companies, like other large advertisers, pulled back on their spending as the economy soured, many big foodmakers plan advertising punches in the coming months. The shift comes as consumers worried about rising costs eat at home more a...

Chef Yutaka Yamazaki of the Technology Development Division of Saint-Germain made potato pan bread for this study. Based on his experience in Europe, he recommends making bread with potatoes. He used US dehy standard potato flakes, which have high qual...

The world production of rapeseed is expected to grow more than 13% in 2008 to 54.4 million tons after a stagnation in the last two years. With 18.2 million tons the EU-27 is by far the largest producer in 2007 (+13%) and production is still growing. Ge...

Good weather in Northeast China and other areas continue to solidify high expectations of a good harvest. Total oilseeds production is expected to be six percent higher in marketing year 2008/09, while new soybean projections are significantly higher t...

Nearly nine out of 10 New Yorkers favor their city’s menu-labeling mandate because they believe it helps them make better choices when dining out, according to a survey conducted last week by Technomic Inc. The Chicago-based foodservice research firm s...

Aardappelverwerker Farm Frites is ernstig gedupeerd door een stroomstoring. Eerder deze week lag de productie van de bekende horecaleverancier uit Oudenhoorn ruim twintig uur stil. Farm Frites zegt meer dan 100.000 euro schade te hebben.   Farm Frites...

Miguel Quevedo,especialista en papa de la Dirección General de Promoción Agraria (DGPA): Comentó que, en el 2006, había una demanda de 120 mil toneladas de papa fresca para pollerías y en el 2007 alcanzó las 140 mil toneladas. Para el cierre de este ...

"We have all the potatoes we need,"said Miller, production supervisor at Gibble's Potato Chips in Chambersburg. Pennsylvania, with 19 potato chip manufacturers and a reputation as "the snack food capital of the world,"appears to ha...

El Sr. Patata es una cadena de comida rápida que nos permite como su nombre indica comer en poco tiempo. Lo que diferencia al Sr. Patata del resto de sitios de comida rápida es que su menú se basa fundamentalmente en las patatas asadas, lo que hace que...

PepsiCo Inc. has increased to 100% its stake in Serbian potato chips producer Marbo Product for an undisclosed sum, Serbian news agency Tanjug reported on Wednesday. Marbo Produkt employs more than 1,000 people in Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Aumenta el número de clientes de los dos gigantes de la comida rápida, atraídos por sus económicos menús. McDonald's factura un 8% más en julio;Burger King eleva un 28% su beneficio en el último ejercicio.