Potato News

To get rid of surplus potato production in the state, the West Bengal government is getting its act in place to explore possibilities of exporting table potatoes to Bangladesh, Malaysia and Thailand which are deficient in meeting their internal demands...

With the possible sale of Wendy's International dragging into the new year, questions are being raised about the direction of the Dublin-based burger chain. Some industry analysts have been hammering Wendy's on a number of fronts, pointing to "lac...

Key Technology (KTEC) was founded 60 years ago as a maker of vegetable processing equipment. In the meantime,  Key has morphed into a global supplier to the food industry. It melds electro-optical automated inspection and sorting systems with processi...

On January 24, 2008 Rabin is organizing an auction of production lines of bankrupt Jays Foods in Chicago. The auction includes 4 potato chips processing lines and 18 Hayssen Ishida packaging machines and much more.   Background:   On January 24th, 200...

Op de 52ste Horecava, die gisteren zijn deuren opende in de Amsterdamse RAI, ligt het woord gezond op ieders lippen bestorven. Frietfabrikant Farm Frites presenteert er Nature's Goodness, patat die naar eigen zeggen binnen de criteria van de schijf van...

McDonald’s, the US fast-food chain, is selling more burgers than at any time since it arrived in Britain 34 years ago. Despite concerns about bulging waistlines and childhood obesity, there were more than 88 million visits to the “Golden Arches” aroun...

The overarching trend that will continue to dominate the marketplace in 2008 is the consumer quest for premium, according to a recent report by the Hartman Group. The report identifies five trends for the year ahead that are set to impact the food and ...

After successfully growing its Doritos and Sun Chips brands, Frito-Lay is setting its sights on cranking up Cheetos’ flat sales with a new adult and Hispanic focus.   The initiative, which includes boosting the brand’s ad spend by more than 50%, follo...

After years of playing into the mass-affluence trend by trying to get their consumers to trade up to pricier, fancier fare, McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King are all deploying the 99¢ price point as a key marketing tactic going into a year when middl...

Una de las más grandes industrias procesadora de papas, McCain Foods Ltd de Canadá, podría construir una planta en Washington, para lo que destinaría aproximadamente 150 millones de dólares, destacó Puget Sound Business Journal.

El gigante estadounidense de comida rápida McDonald's rompió en 2007 el récord de ventas de hamburguesas en el Gran Bretaña en los 34 años que lleva implantado en las islas, lo que significa que la comida basura gana terreno en la dieta de los británi...

French fry giant McCain Foods will forever be associated with the founding - sometimes feuding - New Brunswick brothers, Wallace and the late Harrison McCain. But the CEO these days is a straight-talking North Dakotan, Dale Morrison, who came to McCain...