Potato News

A major franchisee has filed a lawsuit against Wendy’s International, alleging the company inflated a product’s cost and then improperly used the proceeds to support a national advertising campaign. DavCo Restaurants Inc., a Maryland company that own...

De aardappeloogst ten noorden van de grote rivieren is nagenoeg voltooid. In het zuidelijke deel van Nederland is er vorige week weer wat neerslag gevallen zodat volgens schattingen nog altijd ca. 25% van de hoofdoogst gerooid moet worden.  Met het ein...

Video item on the bankruptcy filing of Jay's Potato Chips.

A virus that crippled Prince Edward Island's potato industry for six months in 2000 may have returned. A single spud from a quarantined processing field near Kensington is being tested for potato wart, a disease that poses no threat to humans but leave...

SIMPLOT chief information officer Martin Nowak-Rowe has more to worry about than server loads and service-oriented architecture. As the tech chief of a major food manufacturer he also has to keep tabs on the latest technologies to stop produce-borne e...

Gracias a una oferta más variada, una mejor estrategia y una administración más diestra, los negocios de la cadena de restaurantes se están reponiendo en los EEUU. Hasta no hace mucho, la cadena de restaurantes de comida rápida McDonald's lucía co...

In about a month, people should be able to buy flat Ballreichs Bros potato chips, which stray from the company’s usually rippled snacks. Children at Lincoln Elementary School, neighbors to the factory at 186 Ohio Ave., used their creativity to help th...

For its Super Bowl ad this year, Frito-Lay is putting a musical spin on last year's successful Doritos promotion using consumers' homemade videos for its commercials. The chipmaker will devote 60 seconds of Super Bowl advertising time - worth more th...

McDonald's Corp.'s Indian unit plans to invest at least INR3 billion (USD 75 million) over the next three-to-five years to triple the number of its fast-food restaurants in the country (currently 125), a senior company executive said Monday. "We...

Does service with a scowl put you off at lunch? Will you eat more greens if you are surrounded by plants? Does romantic, pink lighting encourage you to linger over your fruit salad? A new research center -- dubbed the "restaurant of the future&q...

Agricultural and ingredients firm Cargill has said earnings for its first quarter shot up, benefiting from a "new level of market volatility". Cargill, which is privately held, said net earnings reached $917m for the 2008 first quarter ended...

Pootgoedhandelshuis HZPC heeft in het boekjaar 2006/2007 een winst na belastingen geboekt van 6,7 miljoen euro. De omzet steeg met ruim 42 procent tot 240 miljoen euro. De resultaten in het afgelopen jaar zijn de hoogste in het bestaan van HZPC.De hel...