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President and CEO Kraig R. Naasz of the American Frozen Foods Institute (AFFI) today issued a statement responding to Mexico’s announcement of additional retaliatory import tariffs on select U.S. exports due to the ongoing cross-border trucking dispute.

The world’s first 100 percent biodegradable chip packet – designed by Frito-Lay for its SunChips brand – has come in for criticism from Facebook members, with more than 30,000 agreeing the new packaging is too loud.

Shareholders who currently own pieces of Snyder's of Hanover could end up holding a total of $585.9 million worth of publicly traded Lance stock through a proposed merger plan with the sandwich cracker maker.

Lance, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNCE) (“Lance”) and Snyder’s of Hanover, Inc. (“Snyder’s”) today announced they have received clearance from the U. S. Federal Trade Commission via early termination of the review process under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Impr...

The global market for sustainable packaging is forecast to reach $142.42 billion by the year 2015, according to a new report.

With domestic development slowed greatly among many U.S.-based chains during the past 18 months, international expansion deals have taken on a new importance.   While some heavily franchised chains, such as Quiznos, have made general announcements abou...

Con el inicio de un nuevo año fiscal, el Consejo de la Papa de los Estados Unidos (USPB, por sus siglas en ingles) ha publicado en línea la estrategia que sus programas seguirán para cumplir los objetivos propuestos. Se encuentra en ingles en http://ww...

With the start of the USPB’s new fiscal year (FY11) July 1, the newly revised Long Range Plan (LRP) is now available at www.uspotatoes.com/120lrp.html. The Long Range Plan is the USPB’s annual strategy document that guides each and every program the B...

McDonald's Corporation today announced global comparable sales growth of 7.0% in July. Performance by segment was as follows: U.S. up 5.7% Europe up 5.3% Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa up 10.1%

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has announced the full schedule of sessions for its 'Manufacturing Excellence Conference', to be co-located with PACK EXPO International 2010.

The Food Processing Suppliers Association concluded its 3-day trade show, PROCESS EXPO 2010, in Chicago last week (July 18 – 20) with positive feedback from both attendees and exhibitors. Traffic was strongest on Monday and continued solid through the ...

The Oregon Potato Commission has committed an extra $60,000 this year in funding for the potato variety development program at Oregon State University, said Bill Brewer, the commission’s executive director.Among those new varieties Brewer is most excit...

Americans may be dealing with one of the hottest summers in recent memory, but they’ve cooled in their perceptions of the nation’s three largest burger chains, according to new data from market research agency YouGov and its measure of public perceptio...

McDonald's Corporation today announced strong results for the second quarter driven by all areas of the world."McDonald's second quarter reflects strong top-line and bottom-line results with each area of the world generating higher comparable sale...

La compañía McDonald's, la mayor cadena de comida rápida en el mundo, anunció hoy que en el segundo trimestre de 2010 tuvo una ganancia neta de 1.225,8 millones de dólares, el 12% más que en el mismo periodo del año anterior cuando sumó 1.093,7 millone...

Lance, Inc. (Nasdaq: LNCE) and Snyder’s of Hanover, Inc. today announced they have signed a definitive agreement to combine in a stock-for-stock merger of equals that will create a combined company to be called Snyder’s-Lance, Inc.

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating potential claims against the board of directors of Lance, Inc. (“Lance” or the Company) (NASDAQ:LNCE) related to the Company’s agreement to merge into a single company with Snyder’s of H...

Lance Inc., the maker of Cape Cod potato chips and Stella D’oro cookies, agreed to merge with pretzel maker Snyder’s of Hanover Inc. to improve distribution of the companies’ snacks.Lance investors will receive a one-time dividend of $3.75 a share, the...