Noticias

Minister voor Ondernemen en Vereenvoudigen Vincent Van Quickenborne wil duidelijkheid over de prijs van de frietzak. Hij vraagt de mededingingsautoriteit een vooronderzoek uit te voeren naar het prijsverschil tussen aardappelen en het pakje friet. Vor...

Key Technology announces the launch of new industry-specific blogs to provide information and insight of interest to food processors and to encourage the expansion of visionary ideas through collaboration.

A huge amount of potato is rotting at several cold storages in Chandpur Sadar, Matlab, Hajiganj, and Kochua upazilas, said affected potato growers, traders and middlemen.About 1,500 potato growers, traders and middlemen who stored their potatoes at Pa...

PepsiCo reported first-quarter earnings per share of $0.70. The Company delivered strong operating results with 13% net revenue and 10% division operating profit growth. PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi said, "We delivered a strong first quart...

When prices for commodities like corn, cooking oil and energy took a bigger than expected jump in recent months, Plano-based Frito-Lay Inc. put some of its snack packages on a diet. By pouring up to one ounce less food into each bag, the company del...

Burger King has announced plans to serve up the world’s most expensive cheeseburger – costing a staggering £85.The pricey treat will be made from finest Japanese Kobe beef and topped with foie gras and a rare blue cheese.It will be available in special...

Yum Brands Inc, operator of the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut fast-food chains, posted a bigger-than-expected jump in quarterly profit on Tuesday, fueled by growth in China, and raised its full-year forecast. Shares at Yum rose 3.8 percent after it said...

McDonald's Corp.,  said first-quarter profit rose more than analysts estimated after record European revenue gains outweighed the first drop in U.S. comparable-store sales in five years.U.S. sales at stores open at least 13 months fell 0.8 percent in M...

The Inventure Group, Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 29, 2008. Net revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 were $26.2 million, representing an increase of 54% compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2007....

The next time you open a bag of potato chips, before you start crunching and munching, consider that you are holding a piece of Ohio's culinary and economic history in the palm of your hand. We didn't invent the potato chip here, but we embraced it wi...

Burger King Holdings Inc, the world's No. 2 hamburger chain, is looking to open several hundred restaurants over the next three years in China, where it now has only 12, a senior executive said on Monday, as it seeks to narrow the gap with rival McDona...

Two Latin American leaders have issued warnings about the effects of biofuel production on food supplies.Speaking at the UN in New York, Bolivian President Evo Morales said the development of biofuels harmed the world's most impoverished people. And P...

El presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, criticó el lunes en la ONU "a algunos presidentes sudamericanos"por apoyar el uso de biocombustibles, que según dijo son responsables por los altos precios de los alimentos y la hambruna global. De visit...

Burger King Corp introduced BK CITY, a new mobilemulti-level game, developed and and released by Mobliss Inc, a mobile content developer and a licensee of Burger King Corp. The introduction of BK CITY is reportedly part of an exclusive licensing agreem...

Today, on the 38th anniversary of the first national Earth Day celebration, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger highlights California's environmental efforts. He highlighted the ability to protect business and the environment at the same time by helping lau...

"Nourishing our future” is the theme for the World Potato Congress 2009 (WPC 2009), with a focus around the nutritional and sustainable aspects of the potato. Chairman of the Potato Product Group of Horticulture New Zealand, Terry Olsen said that ...

Scientists from Crop and Food Lincoln are cooperating with research organisations in Christchurch’s Friendship city of Wuhan, China, to develop potatoes with superior qualities including resistance to cold-induced sweetening. Professor Tony Conner, a...

When the order came down from the top brass of Bangladesh's armed forces it sounded like a joke. Some of the soldiers and sailors who were told that from now on their daily rations would include increased servings of potatoes almost certainly did not ...