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The report, Paper and Packaging Sector M&A Update, says that China intends to increase their packaging market share “aggressively,” over the next year. “Their stated aim is to become the world’s largest packaging producers by the end of 2012, whic...

A Scottish potato producer that supplies Birds Eye, McCain and Tesco has unearthed a 10 per cent rise in turnover in its maiden results as a listed company. Revenues at Duns-based Produce Investments grew to £171.4 million in the year to 25 June, boos...

Recently, The Salt had a chance to chat with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. He's held the top post at USDA since January 2009. As a former Iowa governor, he knows a thing or two about farm country and he's been open about his struggles with weight....

Leading food manufacturer, Inventure Foods (NASDAQ: SNAK), has partnered with legendary Nathan's Famous, Inc. (NASDAQ: NATH) to license the popular Nathan's restaurant brand name for a new line of snacks that will be available at grocery, vending and c...

Mark Szymanski has joined the National Potato Council as director of public relations. Szymanski brings more than 10 years of combined experience in communications, new media and regulatory affairs to the NPC. He will lead the association's media outre...

Bosch Packaging Technology, a leading supplier of process and packaging technology, is expanding its operations in China and enlarging its site in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

PepsiCo UK has now achieved Zero Waste to Landfill status at 11 of its major manufacturing sites, including Walkers in Leicester and Quaker Oats in Cupar. In 2008, PepsiCo UK revealed a number of commitments to grow sustainably and minimise its impact...

Top potato researchers from Britain and The Netherlands have joined the speaker panel at the World Potato Congress (WPC 2012) due to take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 27-30. Exploiting the potato genome and how new-found knowledge will ultimatel...

Potato Starch manufacturer Emsland Group has provided an update of their outlook on the season. The press release was posted on the Emsland website on September 26, however the article is dated September 19. Since several areas in Europe have seen drye...

Last week, BEST opened its 4th BEST Sorting Solution Center (BSSC) in a new building at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. Creating an optimized customer experience, the Solution Center is the place where prospects and customers can test the BEST so...

BURGER KING® Restaurants of Canada, Inc. is on a mission to become the nation's #1 destination for all things poutine by expanding their Classic Poutine offering: For a limited time, you can try the new ANGRY POUTINE™ and POUTINE WITH BACON.

After several years of recession-fueled retrenchment, attendees of the Multi-Unit Foodservice Operator conference (MUFSO) were focused on the future and a return to growth as they posed questions to top chief executives in the industry Tuesday at MUFSO...

Due to worldwide demand, Tummers Methodic developed the largest drum dryer in the world. It has been offered to manufacturers of potato flakes around the world for several years now. The high capacity drum dryers of Tummers Methodic have a diameter o...

Double L is pleased to announce their participation in the American Farmer series, due to air this Fall 2011. Dates and show times to be announced. Double L, founded in 1975 in Idaho, was started by a potato farmer who sought to increase efficiency in...

The last two solar power generating stations of Gold Dust and Walker Brothers' Solar Initiative have been activated by Pacific Power and Light. The two solar stations are located at potato storage cellars outside of Merrill.

Snack-food lovers partial to Doritos owe that pleasure, in large part, to Arch West. Mr. West, who died on Sept. 20 at the age of 97, was a leader of the team at Frito-Lay that developed Doritos corn chips, a Southwestern-inspired alternative to the t...

Hockey is one of Canada's greatest national past times, a sport that connects Canadians from coast-to-coast through their hometown pride, favourite hockey jerseys and passion for the game. Also deeply rooted in Canadian culture is the Lay's brand. Hav...

To learn more about use of electronic technology among its clients, the University of Idaho Extension surveyed 80 university students and 135 potato farmers. It was found that the farmers were likely to use more technology than the students were. It...