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McDonald's Ukraine Company has opened the McDonald's fast food restaurant at 14a, Krasnova Street in Odesa, expanding its chain in the city to the seventh and 64th in UkraineAccording to a Monday press release of the company, investment in the construc...

La cadena norteamericana Burger King comenzará la comercialización de sus productos en los supermercados, decisión que ya puso a prueba en su país de origen. La línea de alimentos que inicialmente formará parte de la estrategia está compuesta por papa...

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David Levy of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is breeding potato varieties suitable for semi arid climatic conditions as they exist in several countries in the middle east and elsewhere. He has bred varieties that are better suitable for cultivation...

India’s potato output is estimated to rise 15.38 per cent in 2008 owing to the favourable climatic conditions. The total output of the so far evergreen vegetable is likely to rise over 30 million tonnes in 2008 compared to over 26 million tonnes in 200...

Dutch potato producer Agrico announced it has temporarily shelved plans to set up daughter companies in Bulgaria and Romania, citing the current economic crisis as the reason, Dutch daily Agrarisch Dagblad said. Agrico intends to develop daughter comp...

The quick response of the Hartland Fire Department limited the damage to the contents of a storage warehouse in Hartland, NB on Thursday morning. Just before 10:30 a.m., the fire department responded to a call of a structure fire along McLean Avenue in...

De verwerking van zetmeelaardappelen verloopt voorspoedig", zegt woordvoerder Johan Russchen van het aardappelzetmeelconcern Avebe.Het onderwatergewicht van de zetmeelaardappelen ligt gemiddeld op 475 gram, stelt Russchen. "Dit is ruim boven ...

Police in southwestern Sichuan province arrested three people who bilked 92 million yuan (£9.13 million/13.4 million USD) from more than 1,600 people in a potato starch production scam.The three set up a company promising returns of more than 23 percen...

US Potato grower-shippers expect more of the same strong pricing in the New Year, which should keep retailers from running perilously low on spuds, as they did last summer.   Year-to-date, as of Dec. 10, Rosholt, Wis.-based Bushmans’ Inc. had shipped a...

Walkers, Britain's No.1 crisps and snacks manufacturer, is launching an exciting programme of activity designed to build on and accelerate the success of its Walkers SunBites brand.Launched in late 2007, Walkers Sunbites is now the one of the biggest b...

Foodservice consultants and research firm Technomic has released its top trends for the restaurant industry in 2009. The consulting group said that while the industry may be facing the toughest New Year in recent memory, opportunities are still present...

Aardappelhandelshuis Agrico heeft de plannen voor de oprichting van dochterbedrijven in Roemenië en Bulgarije tijdelijk opgeschort. De reden is de huidige economische crisis, zegt algemeen directeur Ineke Mastenbroek van aardappelcoöperatie Agrico.D...

The owners of Prince Edward Island potato producer Mid Isle Farms and other local investors have bought the province's potato and blueberry marketing company FoodTrust.

Around 60 percent of the potatoes and tomatoes crops in al-Wadi and al-Madinh districts of Marib governorate have been damaged due to frost waves. A filed committee of General Authority for Developing Eastern Regions was formed to register damages cau...

The increase was made possible in large part by support and assistance provided by South Korea, visiting South Korean scholars and agricultural officials noted. Seoul and Pyongyang have held annual symposiums on agricultural science since 2000.

Here's something very Southern California about Hanukkah: Trying to make a world-record setting potato pancake in a solar-paneled oven. "With the new president [of the United States] coming in, the whole thing is about the environment,"said ...