Noticias

The Inventure Group, Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 28, 2008. Net revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 were $29.2 million, representing an increase of 28% compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2007....

Tayto announced to cease production at its crisp manufacturing plant in the Corby, threatening 264 jobs.   The decision follows the cancellation of the only contract at the factory by Proctor and Gamble to manufacture Pringles Minis.Workers at the pl...

A new $65-million state-of-the art potato processing plant began production July 22, replacing the first factory ever built by McCain Foods more than 50 years ago. The plant, which has been under construction since the spring of 2007, uses the latest ...

Het bedrijf FZ Organic in Wolvega heeft in het afgelopen jaar de chipsproductie fors verhoogd. De producent van biologische chips (waaronder het merk Trafo) zag de productie stijgen met 6 tot 8 procent stijgen. Volgens directeur Frans Andringa is dat o...

El actual titular del INTA, Carlos Cheppi, reemplazará a Javier de Urquiza como Secretario de Agricultura Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentos de la Nación. Habría presentado un plan a la presidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner que contempla fuertes crecimie...

Total 2007 food service revenues were about USD 19.5 billion. The tourism industry is optimistic about the 2008 season and based on early reservation numbers the Mediterranean Touristic Hotel Association predic ts a 5 to 10 percent increase in 2008 rev...

McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant company, may report a second-quarter profit after European sales rose twice as fast as in the U.S. McDonald's probably earned $1.1 billion, or 95 cents a share, according to John Glass, a Morgan Stanley...

United States Consumer and industrial goods companies have adjusted their predictions for 2008 packaging machinery spending only slightly, according to PMMI’s Spring Update to the Purchasing Plans Study. Interviews and surveys for use in the update wer...

The whole potato industry must work together to eliminate CIPCresidue anomalies or the sprout suppressant will be lost, visitors to the recent Potato Council storage day at G H Chennells Farms in Lincolnshire were told. New limits on both total CIPC ap...

In January Akzo Nobel NV became the new owner of National Starch and Chemical Company as part of its acquisition of ICI. Akzo made clear its intention to seek a new owner for the specialty starches business, which boasted half year revenues of about $6...

Albert Koops, technisch adviseur bij Bayer CropScience, verwacht een toename van het aantal coloradokevers als het eind deze week warm weer wordt. Dat is een probleem voor de zetmeel- en consumptieaardappelteelt. De omstandigheden voor de aardappelpl...

The appointment of a new chairman to the Potato Council is an important step forward for the industry in these times of change. Allan Stevenson, who takes office from 21 July 2008, also becomes a main Board Director of Agriculture and Horticulture Deve...