Potato News

Harvest time is here and Idaho farmers are busy digging up their fields.  But the hot weather we saw this summer has taken a toll on the local crop. The fields are pretty much dug up, with a few stragglers left behind.  While farms say the quality o...

Heat and Control has released a heavy-duty fryer allowing for the high-volume production of nuts, snacks and other foods.Heat and Control's Mastermatic Batch Fryers come in sizes that will produce between 600 and 800 finished pounds of product per hour...

Moody's Investors Service said it cut McDonald's senior unsecured notes and debt ratings to 'A3' from 'A2', citing higher debt levels which will be required to support the fast food giant's shareholder initiatives.

Today the board of directors of ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE:CAG) announced two items related to the company's capital allocation program: The quarterly dividend has been raised to $0.19 per common share. This new rate will start with the Dec. 3, 2007...

A proposed bill that calls for emergency regulatory action to protect workers from diacetyl, a chemical linked to lung disease, has met with resistance from the Bush administration.The bill, submitted to the House of Representatives, would require the ...

Arby's Restaurant Group Inc. has inked development deals to open 35 new Arby's restaurants across the nation. The Atlanta-based franchiser of the Arby's restaurant system said the agreements include four new and 13 existing franchisees to develop Ar...

This season’s combined Fight Against Blight (FAB) and Blightwatch service has revealed unprecedented disease levels, says to the British Potato Council (BPC). There have been 301 outbreaks reported and confirmed as positive – more than twice the se...

 A snack salesman who made a living supplying pubs across Cambridgeshire says that he has been bankrupted by big business. Colin Freeman ran Packets wholesale from Breckenwood Road, Fulbourn, for 13 years, selling snacks to pubs, bars, sandwich shops a...

This local UK newspaper held a vote on the readers favorite chips flavours:   Lincolnshire's favourite flavour of crisp is - cheese and onion. The distinctive tasting treat knocked salt and vinegar into second place and the everyman crisp variety, re...

An automated chip stirrer can help boost out put by up to 25 per cent, according to its manufacturer.Heat and Control claims its Chip-Stirr is an advance on automating the process of making chips, thus reducing labour and training costs while producing...

For the marketing year July 2006 - June 2007 (MY07), the United States Potato Board (USPB) reports total US potato exports were valued at a record $1,000,252,000. On a volume basis, total exports were 1,108,391 metric tons (MT). This represents an inc...

As potato farmers nationwide dig up and truck in this year's crop, they're being held for the first time to guidelines aimed at preventing a food safety scare similar to the deadly E. coli outbreak in spinach last year. Besides watching the weather a...

The Australian potato industry is set for increased success after AUSVEG and the Potato Processors Association of Australian (PPAA) formalised their commitment to working together for the betterment of the industry by signing a historic Memorandum of ...

Fast food chains in Australia have cut down on the use of unhealthy trans fats amid threats of regulation, and have agreed to reduce saturated fats following pressure from health groups. Major chains including McDonald's, KFC, Hungry Jacks and Pizza ...

The owner of 134 Wendy's restaurants wants to make a bid for the third-largest hamburger chain with the help of two private-equity firms. David Karam, president of Cedar Enterprises, told The Columbus Dispatch for a story Wednesday that he and his par...

Recently, after numerous complaints of serious illness from popcorn workers and one complaint of illness from a consumer, ConAgra and Pop Weaver removed diacetyl from its microwave popcorn and now proudly announce to their customers that their product ...

Exposure to a microwave popcorn additive linked to a deadly lung disease would be swiftly regulated under a bill passed on Wednesday by the U.S. House of Representatives, defying a White House veto threat. The bill would order quick action by the Occu...

When Pepsico’s Frito-Lay decided to boycott Pantaloon’s Food Bazaar due to differences in terms of trade, it was the latter’s private label which got a boost in shares. Today Tasty Treat, the ready-to-eat private label of Food Bazaar, is leading with ...