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九月 16, 2008
Steam n' Mash: Ore-Ida® Takes the Hassle Out of Homemade Mashed Potatoes
Steam n' Mash from Ore-Ida makes homemade mashed potatoes easy:Thanks to a new innovation from the Ore-Ida brand, known as Steam n' Mash potatoes, one of America’s favorite comfort foods is now easy enough to make every day in just 15 minutes or less!From the archive

九月 12, 2008
P.E.I. potato growers accuse french fry companies of flooding market with cheap spuds
Big french fry companies are undercutting P.E.I. potato prices by flooding the open market with cheap potatoes, says an sland potato farmer and a potato marketer.Jim Read, of J.B. Read Marketing Inc., and Danny Henricken, whose family has been growing ...From the archive

九月 09, 2008
Celebration marks opening of new McCain Foods potato processing plant in Florenceville
On a sunny afternoon in Florenceville-Bristol, McCain Foods officially opened its $65-million potato processing plant on Thursday, Sept. 4.The plant was announced in 2006 and began construction in the spring of 2007. It replaces the first factory ever ...From the archive

八月 26, 2008
McCain Foods USA Launches Politically Inspired National Marketing Campaign
McCain Foods USA, Inc., the U.S. division of McCain Foods Limited, the world's largest producer of French fries and potato products, today announced the launch of a national integrated marketing campaign via Schafer | Condon | Carter (SCC). The fun and...From the archive

八月 06, 2008
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, Ochoa Foods Announce New Joint Venture
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, the largest potato company in North America with annual sales exceeding $2 billion, and Ochoa Foods, a privately owned potato processing company based in Boise, Idaho, announced today that they have entered into a new joint ...From the archive
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八月 04, 2008
Restaurant menus unhealthy for kids - report
Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation's top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public health group. Nearly every possible combinatio...From the archive

八月 01, 2008
Potato growers accept McCain contract
P.E.I. farmers who sell potatoes for processing to McCain Foods voted in favour of a new contract at a meeting Thursday night. Unlike those growing for Cavendish Farms, who rejected three contracts before signing, the McCain growers accepted the first...From the archive

八月 01, 2008
California attorney general settles acrylamide lawsuit with Frito-Lay, Lance, Kettle Foods and Heinz
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today settled lawsuits against Heinz, Frito-Lay, Kettle Foods and Lance Inc. after the companies agreed to slash levels of the cancer-causing chemical acrylamide in their potato chips and french fries. “T...From the archive

七月 30, 2008
Food Network crews to film french fries at Lamb Weston's Richland potato plant
Food Network production crews will be in Richland today at ConAgra Lamb Weston's potato plant shooting an episode about french fries. The episode is for the new Food Network series How'd That Get On My Plate? said Marti DeMoss, a ConAgra spokeswoman....From the archive

七月 28, 2008
Still uncertain if Ochoa will rebuild the Wild river Foods french fry factory in Grandview
Company officials for the Wild River Foods potato processing plant, which was gutted by fire on July 1, have not decided if they will rebuild, according to a statement issued Monday. "It has been almost 30 days since the fire consumed our plant ...From the archive

七月 27, 2008
McCain's $65-million plant begins production
A new $65-million potato processing plant began production on Tuesday at McCain Foods in Florenceville-Bristol. The state-of-the-art facility replaced the first factory ever built by the company more than 50 years ago. The new plant marks the end of a...From the archive

七月 24, 2008
Cavendish Farms Potato suppliers accept new contract
Cavendish Farms producers voted “overwhelmingly yes’’ Wednesday (July 23) to accept the latest offer from the Irving-owned company, but many look to the future with concern. It was the fourth meeting for the approximately 180 growers on Prince Edward ...From the archive

七月 23, 2008
McCain Foods (Canada) opens new Florenceville French fry factory
A new $65-million state-of-the art potato processing plant began production July 22, replacing the first factory ever built by McCain Foods more than 50 years ago. The plant, which has been under construction since the spring of 2007, uses the latest ...From the archive

七月 20, 2008
P.E.I. potato farmers come closer to settling contract dispute with Cavendish Farms
Prince Edward Island potato growers may be one step closer to settling a contract dispute with Cavendish Farms. But they’ll have to wait until Wednesday to find out how close they’ve come.After nearly two weeks away from the table, the potato growers ...From the archive

七月 18, 2008
McCain Florenceville French Fry plant opening delayed a week
McCain Foods' new potato processing plant in Florenceville will be up and running sometime next week. The company had hoped to start operations this week, but spokesperson Calla Farn said the company pushed that date back to run some final tests. &quo...From the archive

