Potato News from the Americas

To celebrate Pringles' "parade of 100 crisps"and less air than the leading bagged chips, Pringles' teams are coming to New York City on November 25 for 24 hours, to donate air not used in its cans for parade balloons this holiday season. Dur...

P.E.I.’s potato farmers are hoping more aggressive marketing will help their industry bounce back after a tough season.Many Island growers met Friday in Summerside for the P.E.I Potato Board's annual general meeting.Board chair Boyd Murphy said this ye...

What do French pastry vegetarian pizza, Buffalo-style chicken meatballs, and orange citrus soufflés have in common? All of these products were on display at the recent Private Label Manufacturers Assoc. Trade Show in Rosemont, Ill. As private label foo...

Earl Smith accepted the P.E.I. Potato Board’s recognition award for his 44 years of service to the potato industry on the Island at the board’s annual banquet at Credit Union Place last night. The Summerside farmer began his career with Canada Packers ...

The union representing Cavendish Farms workers has publicly thanked the P.E.I. government for more than $600,000 in training money.The money will allow employees of the company's two potato processing plants in New Annan who expect to be out of work du...

American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) President and CEO Kraig R. Naasz today announced the addition of two new staff members to AFFI’s conferences department. Mary Becton joins AFFI as the new director of conferences, while Kristen Friend is the new ma...

La cadena de restaurantes de comida rápida Burger King (BK) usará el aceite para hacer las papas fritas como combustible para su flota de camiones. El biocombustible utilizado se elabora a partir de aceite vegetal, aproximadamente unos 300 litros diar...

Idaho Falls-based United Potato Growers of Idaho, the organization that led the way in encouraging spud growers nationwide to reign in acreage in order to buoy markets, has a new lease on life. At the organization’s fall growers’ meeting Nov. 11, Unit...

Mintel has identified six key flavors trends that will be recognizable in 2010 in the US market.   Mintel’s flavor predictions for 2010   Cardamom - Known to be intensely aromatic with a strong, unique taste, cardamom will find a home in more than ju...

Joining the likes of Microsoft’s Bing and The Beatles Rock Band, Kettle Brand® Potato Chips, one of the fastest growing brands in snack food, made its debut this week on Advertising Age’s list of the “Hottest Brands of the Year.” In an ironic twist, t...

La sustancia química acrilamida, que es un agente potencialmente cancerígeno, no eleva el riesgo de desarrollar cáncer de boca, garganta, cuerdas vocales o tiroides, con una sola excepción. Más allá de una posible asociación con el cáncer de boca en m...

McDonald's reportó el lunes una caída del 0,1 por ciento en las ventas comparables de octubre en Estados Unido, impactada por la débil demanda de sus nuevos productos y de sus opciones más baratas. La pequeña disminución es la primera en las ventas co...

Key Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTEC) today announced sales and operating results for the year ended September 30, 2009. Net sales for fiscal 2009 were $105.4 million, a 21.4% decrease from the $134.1 million reported for fiscal 2008.  The Company report...

A New Jersey Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Denny's Corp. of perpetrating fraud by not disclosing the amount of sodium in its food. The lawsuit, the first sodium-related case against a restaurant company, was filed this summe...

U.S. shipments of packaging machinery decreased by 0.4 percent to $5.885 billion in 2008, the first decrease in seven years, according to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, Arlington, Va. Export growth of 8.6 percent was tempered by a 2...

McDonald’s domestic same-store sales for October, while down a slight 0.1 percent compared with a year earlier, still fared better than many analysts predicted after the company tempered expectations late last month in an investor conference call. The ...

Although economists may be reporting an end to the recession, the news has not reached restaurant customers, according to a new survey released today by AlixPartners LLP, the global business advisory firm.  Following a study released in March 2009, A...

Debido al reducido apoyo comercial recibido, el consumo de la papa había disminuido de manera significativa en las últimas décadas;pero esta situación comenzó a cambiar hace un par de años con diversas iniciativas –tanto del sector público como del pri...