Potato News

 Indra Nooyi
May 29, 2012

Indra Nooyi's Pepsi challenge

By the numbers, PepsiCo has done a pretty good job since she took the helm six years ago. So why is the CEO taking so much heat from investors? "Now tell me again -- what exactly is the issue with this company?"Indra Nooyi asks with an edge ...
 Kellog
May 29, 2012

Kellogg expected to bid for United Biscuits unit, Financial Times reports

Kellogg, the US foodmaker, and Germany’s Intersnack are expected to be among the bidders for the salty snacks division of United Biscuits, whose brands include Hula Hoops and KP nuts. The private equity funds that own United Biscuits, Blackstone and PA...
May 29, 2012

Scottish potato seed exports at record high

Scottish seed potato exports are at record high, the Scottish Government’s Rural Affairs secretary Richard Lochhead has told delegates to the World Potato Congress in Edinburgh. Mr Lochhead revealed that with another month of the season still to go, e...
May 29, 2012

Mexico protects PepsiCo subsidiary after attacks

Mexican police are providing stepped-up security for a PepsiCo subsidiary targeted by firebomb attacks over the weekend, official said Tuesday. About one hundred state and federal police are guarding the distribution centers of Sabritas, a Mexican sna...
May 29, 2012

EU issues import permission for Serbian potato

Serbia can export potato to the EU again because the ban introduced back in 2000 has been lifted, which opens room for an increase in the local production, Branislav Gulan of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) told Tanjug. He explained that Serbia ...
May 29, 2012

Pounds of Fresh Potatoes Sold in Supermarkets Declines for Fifth Consecutive Quarter;Dollars Up

Fresh potatoes recorded its fifth consecutive quarter of declining movement according to a report recently released by the United States Potato Board. In the 12 months ending March 31st, fresh pounds have decreased 6.8%, but the dollar value was actual...
May 28, 2012

Importación de papa peruana generaría precio equilibrado en Bolivia

Ante la subida del precio de la papa, que sería principalmente por la reciente prohibición a la importación de este tubérculo;el gerente general del Instituto Boliviano de Comercio Exterior (IBCE), Gary Rodríguez afirmó que el ingreso de papa peruana p...
May 28, 2012

México sufre ola de ataques incendiarios contra empresa de papas fritas

Según noticias de Xinhua, grupos armados atacaron y quemaron durante el fin de semana por lo menos cuatro bodegas y 49 camiones de una popular empresa de papas fritas en los estados de Michoacán y Guanajuato, en la región central de México, destacó el ...
May 28, 2012

Transitioning the Crop

June often represents a month where farmers can observe the crops they planted emerge from the ground, daily gaining strength on their way to reaching a yield potential that everyone would be pleased with. Although the new crop may be planted and gro...
 World POtato Congress
May 28, 2012

Potatoes, PROUD not HUMBLE

Potatoes have a massive role to play globally. As well as delicious to eat in all their many forms, they are nutritious and address many of our food security and sustainability challenges, declared Potato Council chairman Allan Stevenson in his opening...
May 28, 2012

Lay´s relanza sus populares Lay´s Andinas en homenaje al Día Nacional de la Papa

En homenaje al Día Nacional de la Papa y resaltando la importancia que representa dentro de nuestra gastronomía y la dieta de los peruanos, este producto será relanzado con un nuevo diseño, por la popular marca Lay´s bajo el nombre de Lay´s Peruanísima...
May 27, 2012

CIP Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Research in Global Health & Development

Lima, Peru -- The International Potato Center (CIP) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation. Jan Kreuze, Ph.D., principal virologist at CIP, will pursue an innova...

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