Noticias

Richard Ellis has returned to McDonald's Restaurants of Canada, after three years as the VP of communications for McDonald's USA. Ellis is now senior VP, communications and public affairs for McDonald's Restaurants of Canada, where he led PR from 2002 ...

HZPC Holland B.V. realiseerde dit boekjaar een resultaat, dat nog iets hoger lag dan de recordwinst van boekjaar 2006/2007. Na belastingen bedroeg de winst 7,3 miljoen euro, vorig jaar 6,7 miljoen euro. De omzet in pootaardappelen steeg met 15 miljoen ...

Potato prices continued their seasonal slide over the past week as harvest progressed and poorer quality processing material was brought straight to the market. The Potato Council’s GB weekly average price was down to £110.24/t last week, some £10/t do...

New York City has issued nearly 700 citations to restaurant chains for not complying with new calorie posting rules. McDonald’s had most violations.The city has issued 682 violations to restaurant chains since a new law took effect five months ago requ...

The first snow storm of the year hit during Idaho's spud harvest.  Now growers have to stop digging the state's famous crop. One grower who explains about the snow and cold and what happens now with the harvest.   A wet spring delayed some growers fr...

El III Congreso Iberoamericano concluyó hoy en Vitoria con el acuerdo, por parte de las empresas productoras, de la industria procesadora y de compañías de biotecnología, para intercambiar recursos genéticos y tecnológicos, y establecer colaboraciones...

Ciento quince establecimientos de McDonald's, la principal cadena mundial de comida rápida, fueron sancionados este jueves en Venezuela con un cierre de dos días por fallas en sus registros de compra y venta, informaron las autoridades tributarias.Los ...

POTATO growers must handle stored crops carefully to avoid the risk of rots developing, the Potato Council’s Sutton Bridge Experimental Unit (SBEU) has warned. As harvest progresses, reports indicate crop quality entering stores is poorer than last sea...

The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNAK) completed its third quarter on September 27, 2008, and, as previously announced and further detailed below, the release of third quarter results and related investor conference call is scheduled for Wednesday, Oc...

The perception that snack foods to eat between meals has changed as snacking has become an additional meal and in some cases a replacement, according to a new report. Most snacking still occurs in the evening at home but this is declining. Morning snac...

The final numbers on in for the 2007 potato crop and production in North Dakota declined by seven percent from 2006, according to a report issued on Sept. 25 by the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).Final production in the state to...

A new cooking technology under development at Purdue University could please both dieters looking for lowercalorie meals and food retailers seeking lower costs. It has the potential to produce “fried” foods using vastly less oil, and to cook them at sp...