Noticias

McDonald's Corporation today announced strong results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009, fueled by positive comparable sales in every area of the world. In constant currencies, the Company posted higher revenues, operating income and earni...

Deep River Snacks, a family owned and operated gourmet snack food company recently announced signing an agreement with Big Geyser, New York city’s largest independent non-alcoholic beverage distributors.Deep River Snacks product line of all natural sna...

Carl E. Lee, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Snyder’s of Hanover, recently announced the company’s intention to acquire Utz Quality Foods, Inc., pending clearance from the Federal Trade Commission.“We are pleased to announce that two mark...

Business, government, and conservation interests gathered at the McCain Foods (Canada) plant in Carberry today to celebrate a remarkable achievement. A former wastewater lagoon that for years had been devoid of wildlife, has been revitalized.

To drive menu innovation in America's leading restaurant chains, the U.S. Potato Board is conducting a seminar series at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone.This year's seminar, held from September 27 to 29, attracted 15 of the nation's most...

After posting another quarter of positive sales trends and profit growth, McDonald’s Corp. said October could be the month when its momentum finally falters in the face of the U.S. recession.Chief executive Jim Skinner said domestic same-store sales fo...

Is the broad-based discount strategy that many large chain supermarkets have employed to draw in business and increase purchases a good strategy?.The Lempert Report believes that by proclaiming price cuts on thousands of items, chains run the risk of u...

Ballarat region potato farmers have slashed the amount of seed they will sow this week because of a drop in demand. McCain Foods (Australia) has reduced the quota it will take from growers after next year's harvest and will pay them about $35 less pe...

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America today announced its Plano, Texas, headquarters has been awarded LEED® Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). LEED is the natio...

Calbee Japan recently launched a purple version of their popular Jagabee potato snack. The Jagabee snacks are a formed potato stick sold in a cup and designed to fit a car cup holder. With the dough for the snacks being made from US potatoes at a joint...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Oct. 20 that it would seek to clear up the confusion caused by a surge of nutritional claims that manufacturers have begun to make on packaged food labels. Point of purchase labeling including Front of P...

Het FOD (Federale Overheidsdienst) economie heeft onverwacht een oogstprognose voor 2009 bekendgemaakt. Het door het Vlaams Ministerie van Landbouw gepubliceerde oogstcijfer komt uit op 3,33 miljoen ton, 13,5% meer dan in oogstjaar 2008 toen het defini...