Noticias

The President of the World Potato Congress (WPC) Inc. Mr Allan Parker, Canada, and the Chairman of the WPC Awards Committee, Mr Douglas (Doug) Harley, Kinross, Scotland, have announced that nominations are now being called for the 2012 World Potato Con...

There are now 21 confirmed cases of late blight on Preince Edward Island, including a first-time-ever case confirmed of blight in a rogue potato plant in a soy bean field. The majority of cases are in potato fields in the western part of the province....

In an effort to better understand today’s potato consumer, the Prince Edward Island Potato Board has embarked upon a market study through an online survey. The Potato Board has been working on an in-depth consumer and branding study with Ipsos-Reid re...

Pushing the boundaries is critical to success, according to McCain Foods regional CEO Nick Vermont. Speaking at the East Midlands Potato Day held at QV Foods, Holbeach Hurn, Lincolnshire, (July 5) he spoke of McCain Foods’ objective of innovation to m...

Key Technology introduces its newest vibratory conveyor, Iso-Glide™. An engineered modification of Key’s popular Iso-Flo® vibratory conveyor, Iso-Glide achieves a motion that resembles (gentle) horizontal motion but maximizes sanitation.

Snyder's-Lance, Inc. (Nasdaq-GS: LNCE), acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of George Greer Company, Inc. ("Greer"), a snack food distributor serving Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire markets. This strategi...

McDonald's Corporation today announced global comparable sales growth of 5.1% in July. Performance by segment was as follows: U.S. up 4.4% Europe up 5.3% Asia/Pacific,Middle East and Africa up 4.0% "McDonald's continues to deliver great tasting,...

What can you do with mashed potatoes? Just about anything! That is the message Asia’s food service operators took home from seminars recently conducted by the United States Potato Board (USPB) international marketing program. The mashed potato seminar...

Increased worldwide appetite for French fries and other fried potato products has led to a bumper serving of order wins for chilling and freezing system specialist GEA Eurotek (part of the GEA Freezing group that includes the Aerofreeze and Intec brand).

Some Prince Edward Island potato farmers are facing a serious infestation of wireworm and the only fix is about to be taken off the market. Wireworm is a pest that spends four years in the ground, feeding on potatoes and other vegetables. Then it turn...

Currently Kiremko is preparing “De Kiremko Nacht van Woerden” a major event held on Tuesday 25th October 2011. For the fourth year in a row, the company is main sponsor of this international well-known cycle cross event in the Netherlands. The startin...

The Potato Council has produced provisional estimates of planted area for the top ten varieties grown in Great Britain. These varieties account for approximately 55% of total GB plantings. Areas in hectares of top ten potato varieties in GB in 2011...

China's anti-dumping tax on potato starch imported from the European Union (EU) may expire on Feb 6 next year, said the Ministry of Commerce on Saturday. But Chinese Starch producers could request for review on ending the tax 60 days before Feb 6 next...

Diamond Foods heeft de premie voor medewerkers die na de overname bij de Pringles-fabriek in het Belgische Mechelen blijven werken, verhoogd. Vrijdag heeft het Amerikaanse Diamond Foods, dat per januari de productiefaciliteit overneemt van Procter &am...

Kraft Foods gaat de onderneming splitsen. Er komt een bedrijf voor snacks, met een omzet van 22 miljard euro en een half zo groot Noord-Amerikaans levensmiddelenbedrijf. De afgelopen jaren is het portfolio van Kraft veranderd door geografische groei e...

Avebe heeft zeven werknemers van de dextrinefabriek in Ter Apelkanaal op staande voet ontslagen wegens overtreding van het rookverbod op de werkvloer. Een woordvoerder van het aardappelzetmeelconcern heeft dat bevestigd. De medewerkers werden vrijdag ...

Nederlandse snackbars zijn hun maaltijden massaal online gaan aanbieden. Het aantal snackbars dat een bestelmogelijkheid via internet is gestart groeide het afgelopen jaar met 55 procent. Dat blijkt uit verkoopcijfers van de online maaltijdservice Just...

El impuesto antidumping de China al almidón de papa importado desde la Unión Europea (UE) podría expirar el 6 de febrero del año próximo, anunció hoy el Ministerio de Comercio (MC). Aunque los productores nacionales podrían solicitar su revisión 60 día...