News on Potatoes in Retail from Texas

November 09, 2023

LAY'S® and Matt James Celebrate Friendsgiving with Mashed Potatoes Made from Lay's Potato Chips

Friendsgiving season is here and Lay's® – America's favorite potato chip – is central to the dinner table with the brand's spin on the viral cooking hack turning Lay's potato chips into a favorite side dish: mashed potatoes.

September 30, 2022

MountainKing Potatoes Begins Re-Brand of Butter Russets as Butter Cream Potatoes

MountainKing has launched a re-brand of one of its popular, gourmet varieties with the introduction of its Butter Cream Potatoes, now available in three-pound poly mesh bags.

January 25, 2022

MountainKing Introduces Tajin Roaster Promo

MountainKing is spicing up several of its gourmet varieties by partnering with Tajín Clásico Seasoning to offer shoppers a free sample of the top-selling dry seasoning in 1.5 lb. bags

August 12, 2021

All-Yellow Flesh Potatoes Continue Upward Trend in Volume Sales, Profits

All-yellow flesh potatoes continue to rise above russets, reds and whites in the critical metric of retailer volume sales, an encouraging sign for grocers as growers ready for their upcoming fall harvests.

June 17, 2021

US Sales of Fingerlings, Gourmet Varietal Potatoes Continue to Climb

As shoppers stock up for the summer grilling season, new national sales data indicates US sales of fingerlings and smaller-sized gourmet varietal potatoes, both popular for backyard cookouts, remain on a solid, upward ascent.

January 29, 2021

MountainKing increases fresh potato sales significantly with the use of high-graphic display bins

Just as QSR-chains use enticing menu board images to drive sales of combo meals, jumbo-sized slushies and other selections, retail grocers are using the same concept to capture the attention of shoppers looking for a side dish for their next prepared, at-home meal.

April 27, 2020

Black Gold Farms starts Texas potato harvest soon

Black Gold Farms, Grand Forks, N.D., will start the harvest of red potatoes in Texas soon. The company will be harvesting the potatoes for about a month, starting in early May in Pearsall, Texas, according to a news release.

Red potato harvest in Pearsall, TX (Courtesy: FreshPlaza)

May 13, 2019

Harvest begins for Texas potato crop

Black Gold Farms started harvest of the 2019 fresh crop of Texas colored potatoes earlier this week. According to the company, the first run fields have indicated that the quality will be better than ever.

April 24, 2018

MountainKing Potatoes has started the harvest of its Texas New Crop Reds

MountainKing Potatoes, a leading grower of table potatoes in the United States, has started the harvest of its Texas New Crop Reds, one of the company’s top sellers now available for retail grocers.

September 29, 2017

MountainKing announces the arrival of a plentiful harvest of its Jumbo Russets

MountainKing Jumbo Russets are now available for a limited time following an impressive harvest of the company’s large-sized variety.

Early maturing potato cultivars identified successfully using ground-penetrating radar by Texas A&M Agrilife

August 17, 2017

Early maturing potato cultivars can be identified using ground-penetrating radar, finds Texas A&M Agrilife

Dirk Hays,Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant geneticist: “With Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), we can image the size of the tubers and get a correlation to the actual physical size of the potato without harvesting them. Potatoes are a dream for Ground Penetrating Radar.”

January 20, 2017

King Rustic - a MountainKing Russet Potato - returns to Walmart

King Rustics, a new variety of russet potato is back in Walmart stores where its melt-in-your-mouth taste is certain to give a whole new meaning to any wintertime potato dish favorite.

Black Gold Farms is expanding its succesful locally grown program

April 13, 2016

Black Gold Farms is expanding its successful locally grown program

Black Gold Farms understands the importance of marketing and merchandising to driving volume & profit growth for their retail customers, and nowhere is this more evident than with Black Gold Farms locally-grown initiatives.

October 28, 2015

Following Successful Harvest, MountainKing Potatoes Unleashes Gold Rush Promotion

Texas-based MountainKing Potatoes is offering retailers the opportunity to cash in on the recent harvest of its popular Gold potatoes with a comprehensive promotion designed to drive sales of the fastest-growing variety among all bagged potatoes.

August 19, 2015

Reveille Russet makes a name for itself in the potato market

This year's major news of the Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program is a new early potato variety called Reveille Russet, a russet baking potato headed to the fresh market.

July 09, 2015

MountainKing Potatoes Promotes Outdoor Grilling Experiences

Texas-based MountainKing Potatoes has launched its 2015 summer merchandising program aimed at encouraging retailers to create eye-catching displays capturing the experience of summer grilling featuring the company’s Steakhouse Roasters.

October 05, 2014

MountainKing Potatoes Rolls Out Bold, New Display Units To Boost Impulse Sales

Texas-based MountainKing Potatoes has taken another step toward helping retailers boost impulse sales, reduce in-store labor and compliment ad features with new, high-graphic display units including large bins for high-volume promotions, easy-to-install display wraps and smaller, yet attractive display-ready stack boxes.