West Australian Potato Growers want you to eat potatoes EVERY day...
七月 03, 2017

West Australian Potato Growers want you to eat potatoes EVERY day...

West Australian potato growers want their potatoes back on dinner plates every day to help ease a massive glut. The advertising campaign - named Todatoes - began Saturday night with the start of a prime-time television advertising campaign.
New Zealand get's its own brand of low carb potatoes: 'Lotatoes™'
六月 13, 2017

New Zealand get's its own brand of low carb potatoes: 'Lotatoes™'

In New Zealand, produce company T&G is launching a new brand of low carb potatoes with the memorable name 'Lotatoes'.
Potato shortage never this bad: farmers in Australia say
一月 25, 2017

Australian potato farmers: Shortage never this bad

Heavy rain, particularly in New South Wales (Australia), combined with a cold winter have led to a tight potato supply and high prices.
How could a company with 23 per cent of Australia's AU$625 million potato market go bust?
五月 22, 2016

Oakville Produce: How can a company supplying 23 percent of Australia's potato market go bankrupt?

After Oakville Produce (formerly known as the Moraitis Group) entered receivership earlier this month, questions arise how that could happen to a company good for almost a quarter of the Australian Potato market.
South Australian Farmers introduce the Gourmandine variety - exclusively at Coles
四月 15, 2016

South Australian Farmers introduce the Gourmandine variety - exclusively at Coles

The Mitolo family will be the first Australian farmers to produce Europe’s popular potato variety, the Gourmandine.
Potato packers missing out on sales by not listing potato variety or best before date?
十一月 05, 2015

Potato packers missing out on sales by not listing potato variety or best before date?

Providing Australian consumers with more information on the package such as the potato variety and their uses would encourage them to buy more potatoes, according to the latest wave of Potato Tracker research.
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Australian consumer research potato-tracker wave 10 available
九月 03, 2015

Australian Consumer Research Potato-Tracker wave 10 available

Potatoes are becoming more appealing to Australia’s innovative home chefs ('Eager Explorers') who are searching for the next exciting food trend, according to new consumer research.
Australian consumers favour pre-packaged potatoes in a small bag
八月 10, 2015

Australian consumers favour pre-packaged potatoes in a small bag

Consumer research in Australia, Potato Tracker, has shown that Australian consumers prefer to purchase pre-packaged potatoes, with one to two kilogram packages as the ideal sizes.
One Third of Aussies can't name a single Potato Variety
七月 16, 2015

One Third of Aussies can't name a single Potato Variety

It appears that many Australians don’t know their King Edwards from their Kennebecs, with the latest wave of the Potato Tracker consumer research project indicating that some people can’t name a single variety of potato, despite being the most commonly purchased vegetable commodity.
Yum Tasmania Gourmet potatoes. Purple Bliss is the darkest coloured potato on the right
七月 15, 2015

Australia: Purple Bliss potato could become family favourite

The new ‘purple bliss’ potato (grown in Tasmania and bred in Idaho) could become a family favourite now that it has begun producing commercial quantities, and 20 tonnes are making their way to supermarket shelves.
Australian potato grower Tony Cummaudo of Cummaudo Farms
七月 09, 2015

Australian potato grower calls for group effort in marketing of potatoes

The potato industry within Australia needs to come together to develop a plan and make potatoes appealing again from a marketing perspective, to solve the oversupply issues plaguing the industry. That is the message from grower Tony Cummaudo, of Cummaudo Farms.
Tony Galati at his new Innaloo store (Courtesy: Simon Santi/The West Australian).
四月 09, 2015

West Australian Potato Grower Galati digs in for export-quota fight

Tony Galati, owner of the West Australian Produce Chain 'Spud Shed', wants to add up to four extra stores to his existing Spud Shed network over the next few years and is working on opening up export markets for Western Australia potatoes.
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Tony Galati has been battling the powerful potato regulator for the last 20 years (Source: News Corp Australia)
四月 08, 2015

Legal action announced in Western Australia Potato War

The Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia has announced plans to take legal action against Galati, who owns a chain of grocery stores called the Spudshed as well as being one of the state’s largest growers.
Australian consumers still in love with potatoes
三月 26, 2015

Australian consumers still in love with potatoes

Potatoes continue to be seen as an important staple for Australians according to the latest wave of the Potato Tracker project, with survey respondents indicating that they consume the commodity an average of 14 times per month.
Australian Woolworths Shopper finds snake in sealed bag of potatoes
三月 22, 2015

Australian Woolworths Shopper finds snake in sealed bag of potatoes

A shopper has been horrified to find a snake curled up in a sealed bag of potatoes bought from Woolworths.
AUSVEG questions benefits of generic potato marketing campaign
三月 05, 2015

AUSVEG questions benefits of generic potato marketing campaign

AUSVEG remains wholly unconvinced of the benefits of a grower-funded generic potato marketing campaign despite claims from the Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia that the initiative has been a success in that state.
Potato consumption Western Australia grows
三月 05, 2015

PMC: Potato consumption Western Australia grows

Potato growers in Western Australia have invested heavily in a potato marketing program aimed at stopping the decline in consumption per capita of fresh potatoes.
Mashed potatoes most often prepared potato dish in Australia
十二月 03, 2014

Mashed potatoes most often prepared potato dish in Australia

The weather might be warming up [well, in Australia that is, not here in Canada...PP] but that isn’t stopping Aussie consumers tucking in to a hearty serve of mashed potato, according to the latest wave of the industry-funded Potato Tracker project.

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