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Las papas fritas les gustan a todos: sirven en un cumpleaños infantil, pero también en una comida gourmet, acompañando un guacamole inundado de buen cilantro. Atentos a esta característica, las marcas comenzaron a diseñar productos para cada situación....

Key Technology announces the appointment of Golden State Food Machinery, Inc. as its exclusive sales representative in California, south of Fresno;Nevada, excluding the Reno metropolitan area;and all of Arizona and Hawaii. Golden State is responsible ...

New Brunswick potato growers are playing the waiting game as negotiations for their 2010 contracts continue with McCain Foods Ltd. In mid March, growers learned the Florenceville-based company will cut the amount of potatoes it buys from them for proc...

Today McCain Foods Limited announced the appointment of Dirk Van de Put as Chief Operating Officer, effective May 17th, 2010. In this new role, created as a result of the company’s succession planning efforts, Van de Put will have direct accountability...

A SCOTTISH potato processor is hoping to inject a bit of colour into meal times with the launch of Purple Majesty, a purple spud that is made for mashing and could boost health. It will produce a beetroot-coloured mash!

Key Technology announces the appointment of Flo-Mech Ltd as its exclusive sales partner in the UK and Ireland.

Potato growers should examine the market carefully before planting large acreages this spring, as they tisk oversupplying the market and depressing prices. Last season's poor prices came about as a direct result of over-supply, latest figures from the...

UAE-based FMCG group Masafi has launched its food division, the Masafi Gourmet, in the Qatari market. The company will mark its foray into Qatar with the launch of premium potato chips in four flavours: Sea Salt, Sweet Chilly, Four Cheese and Labnah ...

Hoewel de stemming in de aardappelmarkt duidelijk een stuk vriendelijker is dan een aantal weken geleden verandert er, behalve dat er voor de tweede maal “prijshoudend” wordt genoteerd, weinig aan de gemiddelde marktprijs van wit- en geelvlezige frites...

Lance, Inc. with headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina is recalling 28,087 cases of Tom's Barbecue Potato Chips packaged in 1 oz (UPC 021900060406), 2.25 oz (UPC 021900011477) and 8.5 oz (UPC 021900062417) sizes because it has the potential to be c...

ConAgra Lamb Weston will close its potato processing plant in Prosser, Wash., on May 30, fostering fears other potato processors in the state may close. ConAgra announced the closure to its 250 employees at the plant on March 24, citing a poor market a...

A bumper crop, government apathy and exploitation by middlemen has driven a debt-ridden potato farmer to commit suicide in North Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district this week. Many, however, are not ready to give in without a fight although the odds are agai...

Iraq's Ministry of Agriculture banned the import of potato seeds and called to rely on local products after they are subject to examinations by an an ad hoc ministerial committee, according to a Ministry release on Sunday. "The decision was taken...

Potato growers are continuing to rethink their weed control strategies following the loss, or restriction in use, of some key active ingredients in the last few years and are finding new ways of using the remaining herbicide tools they have. The loss ...

ConAgra Lamb Weston told 250 workers at its Prosser potato processing plant today that the plant will shut down on May 30. ConAgra spokesman Jeff Mochal said the decision is a reflection of the economy and a soft market for frozen potato products, in...

La empresa castellanoleonesa Patatas Meléndez muestra durante esta semana en Alimentaria Barcelona sus productos, aunque en especial el más reciente y novedoso, la patata prefrita. Meléndez expone toda su capacidad para ofrecer al mercado una gama com...

Cosun achieved a net turnover of EUR 1,758 million in 2009, an increase of 4% on 2008 despite the recession, which placed pressure on both sales volumes and selling prices.Despite the economic headwind, there was a clear 9% improvement in operating pro...

Deep River Snacks, a family owned and operated gourmet snack food company is happy to announce expanded distribution with Great State Beverages, Inc., a local beverage distributor serving New Hampshire and Blue Coast Beverage, a subsidiary of Great Sta...