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Avebe is goed op weg om te veranderen van een traditioneel zetmeelbedrijf naar een onderneming die alle componenten van de aardappel tot waarde brengt. Dat zeggen de directeur Agro Arjan de Rooij en de voorzitter van de Raad van Commissarissen, Hans Ho...

Like other businesses, vending machine companies are reeling from rising wholesale and fuel prices. As a result, they're charging their customers at factories, hotels and office buildings more for candy, pop and snacks. Some vendors have raised prices...

Según Kurt Manrique Klinge, investigador del Proyecto INCOPA / Iniciativa Papa Andina del Centro Internacional de la Papa, el pasado 1 de Octubre el Gobierno Peruano aprobó exonerar a las variedades nativas de papa de pagar su registro al Registro de C...

For the first half of his life, potato farmer Gregorio Huanuco used the same formula that had dictated the survival of his ancestors for generations. Huanuco, 48, waited for rains to fall on his small parcel of land to sustain his crops of potatoes as ...

Wendy's really has flipped its wig. The No. 3 burger chain has elected to focus on adult consumers rather than "heavy fast-food users"ages 18-24—a move that some analysts are calling risky.While McDonald's and Burger King have enjoyed a rise ...

Potato Harvest is around three quarters complete in Manitoba according to the potato specialist with Manitoba Agriculture. Tom Gonsalves says producers in some areas are already finished while harvest is fully underway in other regions.He says importan...

Punjab is expecting to bring 75,000 hectares of land under potato cultivation this rabi season with a total output of 16 lakh metric tonnes. "We have targeted to bring 75,000 hectares of land under potato cultivation this season and we are hoping ...

Ballooning vegetable oil stocks and fast-declining interest from funds in volatile commodities may hold off a recovery in palm oil prices until next year despite its fall to a level much lower than rival soyoil.Palm oil's discount to soy oil has more t...

Holding onto current sales and customers has jumped to the top priority for entrepreneurial operations like restaurants, surpassing such usual imperatives as growing the business, according to research released Thursday by American Express. Small busin...

Sabritas, la mayor productora y comercializadora de botas saladas en el país, incrementó recientemente 12.5% el precio de sus principales productos en algunas zonas de la Ciudad de México. La semana pasada, la unidad en México de Frito-Lay, Sabritas i...

De verwerking van aardappelen tot consumptieproducten in Nederland is over de periode januari t/m augustus 2008 al bijna 116.000 ton (+ 5,5%) hoger dan in de periode januari t/m augustus 2007. Totaal is er over de eerste 8 maanden van 2008 2.156.200 t...

McDonald's Corp will speed up its expansion drive in central and eastern Europe to tap into the region's vibrant growth and increasingly affluent middle class, its No. 2 official said.Over the last several years, McDonald's has not grown significantly ...