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The Prince Edward Island Potato Board today welcomed the confirmation of assistance for storage losses that occurred as a result of the extreme wet weather in the fall of 2008.  The Board learned of the assistance via a federal government news release...

El Juzgado Federal Nº 1 de San Isidro dispuso el cierre de una planta de snacks de Pepsico, a la cual se le descubrió cañerías ocultas que derivaban en un arroyo de Olivos La Justicia ordenó esta tarde la clausura de la planta que tiene en Olivos la ...

The Oprah Winfrey-fueled free chicken give-away that caused pandemonium this week at Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants has been canceled due to what the fast-food chain called an "overwhelming response." Roger Eaton, president of KFC in the ...

Deep Fried Foods - such as French Fries - form a key part of the menu in most restaurants. However, as consumers become more health conscious, they may be looking for healthier menu options.

Idaho potato farmers are planting the state's signature crop, and some are making changes based on reduced processing contracts.Processors that make french fries and other frozen potato products have reduced overall contracted potato acreage in the Nor...

Kettle Brand® is inviting fans to shake up the next great Kettle Brand® Potato Chip flavor with the Create-a-Chip Kit, sold at select retailers and online for a limited time.A first for chip lovers, the Create-a-Chip Kit includes everything budding fla...

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America business unit is launching a new snack, SmartFood popcorn clusters, which give women the indulgent flavors they love and also nutrients that they often don’t get enough of. A one-ounce serving of SmartFood popcorn clus...

Remember the days of sticking a fork into a potato a couple times, then popping it into the microwave for 10 minutes or so? That’s ancient history … or, at least it’s heading in that direction. Microwaveable packaging is quickly catching on, according...

For the third year running, the United States Potato Board (USPB) hosted guests from select international private voluntary organizations (PVOs) for a workshop to introduce US dehydrated potatoes (dehy) as a sensible solution to food programming. The w...

El ministro de Agricultura y Ganadería, Héctor Hernández, inauguró el Centro Nacional de Producción de Semilla de Papa que incluye el laboratorio e invernaderos en esta comunidad El fin es producir 19 mil 500 quintales de semilla certificada y dar acc...

El presidente del Consejo de Ministros, Yehude Simon Munaro, felicitó hoy a las autoridades y población de la localidad de San Francisco de Asís de Yarusyacán, en Pasco, por la construcción de una planta procesadora de papa con una inversión municipal ...

Harvest a red, yellow or purple specialty potato and its skin color will be shiny and bright. That’s paramount, because skin quality drives buyers to put a particular potato in their shopping cart. Store that potato for a month or two, and its skin co...

The most anticipated retail promotion of the year, the 2009 Potato Lover’s Month Retail Display Contest, proved to be yet another blockbuster hit for the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) with over 2,150 entries, an 11% increase in participation over 2008....

Frito-Lay North America, Plano, TX, a division of PepsiCo, has announced a new partnership with TerraCycle, Inc. (www.terracycle.net) an upcycling company that will take used packaging from Frito-Lay snack products and turn them into affordable, quali...

With a record yield of produce like potato and tomato, agricultural workers in the central-eastern of Ciego de Avila support Cuba's national food plans amidst the current world economic crisis. Reports say that private and state-owned farms in the terr...

Amid the developing swine flu [now to be called H1N1 Influenza A] outbreak, U.S. restaurant companies with locations in Mexico City are making the best of a government-mandated shutdown of dine-in service.While some operators continue to seek increment...

Just when it looked as if spring had arrived, southern Alberta was hit with one last snowstorm. However, for potato growers, it should not cause much concern.That was the word from Edzo Kok, executive director of the Potato Growers of Alberta. He esti...

Key Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTEC) announced today sales and operating results for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 ended March 31, 2009.Net sales for the three-month period ended March 31, 2009 totaled $23.3 million, compared to $29.1 million recor...