Potato News

McDonald's Corp. said its strongest monthly U.S. same-store sales increase in some time led to a 4.9-percent jump in global same-store sales for the month of April. McDonald's U.S. same-store sales increased 3.8 percent in April, after registering betw...

PinguinLutosa and the CECAB Group have started exclusive negotiations in order to integrate the activities of D’Aucy Frozen Foods (deep-frozen vegetable branch of the CECAB Group) into PinguinLutosa, number two in Europe in the deep-frozen vegetable se...

Today, First Lady Michelle Obama joined Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes and members of the Childhood Obesity Task Force to unveil the Task Force action plan: Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation. In conjunction wi...

Driekwart van de cafetaria’s in ons land kiest voor één frietsoort in het assortiment. Heeft een cafetaria wel een tweede frietsoort, dan wordt naast gewone friet vaak raspatat aangeboden.   Dat blijkt uit het FoodServicePeil Cafetaria, een online ond...

French Fry manufacturer Agristo is a relatively young family owned company, founded in 1985 by Antoon Wallays and Luc Raes. Rapidly growing from 20.000 tons, the company reached a volume of 185.000 tons finished product in 2008.

McDonald's reportó un incremento de 4.9% en las ventas de abril en restaurantes con más de un año de operaciones, aunque el ritmo de las ventas en Estados Unidos y Europa, sus mayores mercados, se desaceleró respecto de marzo. Las ventas en restaurant...

McCain Foods (GB Ltd. is set to undertake a national couponing campaign worth £2.9 million, aimed at driving trial and sales, in support of its best selling chip brand Home Fries.From May, two half price coupons are to be distributed to 1.16 million UK...

Frymaster® celebrates 75 years of commercial foodservice equipment innovation and industry leadership. In 1935, the first Frymaster fryer was built by company founder P.F. Ratcliff incorporating cutting edge technologies such as open frypot design, cen...

Robert J. Shearer, President and CEO of Shearer's Foods Inc., will give the commencement address at Lake Erie College as 181 students graduate in the 151st class on Sunday, May 9 at 11:00 a.m. in the Auxiliary Gym of the Jerome T. Osborne Family Athlet...

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board said it is disappointed that Cavendish Farms is appealing a new mediation and arbitration rule put in place this year. Under the Potato Board order, contracts must be worked out between Island potato processing p...

Snack brand Golden Wonder is set to launch a six-figure marketing campaign to boost the brand across Scotland after what the company says has been a year of substantial growth. The integrated £500,000 campaign represents the first significant marke...

McCain Foods is laying off about 10 per cent of its workforce in Portage la Prairie this fall and Manitoba potato producers are expecting a leaner crop year.About 40 people out of a workforce of about 400 at McCain's in Portage are expected to be laid ...