Papas en Casa

Abril 16, 2015

Packaging Solution to Weigh and Fill Mini Potatoes delivered by WeighPack Systems

Packaging solutions provider WeighPack Systems has delivered a complete packaging system to weigh and fill mini potatoes.

Abril 09, 2015

Potandon Produce Bringing Back Display Shipper Program

Potandon Produce LLC announces the return of their highly successful and popular Mini Potato Display Shipper for the 2015 spring/summer selling season.

Marzo 26, 2015

Australian consumers still in love with potatoes

Potatoes continue to be seen as an important staple for Australians according to the latest wave of the Potato Tracker project, with survey respondents indicating that they consume the commodity an average of 14 times per month.

Marzo 05, 2015

Fresh Solutions Network unveils Side Delights Website

Fresh Solutions Network today debuted a brand-new, industry-leading website for their Side Delights® brand of potato products, located at www.sidedelights.com.

Marzo 05, 2015

AUSVEG questions benefits of generic potato marketing campaign

AUSVEG remains wholly unconvinced of the benefits of a grower-funded generic potato marketing campaign despite claims from the Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia that the initiative has been a success in that state.

Marzo 05, 2015

PMC: Potato consumption Western Australia grows

Potato growers in Western Australia have invested heavily in a potato marketing program aimed at stopping the decline in consumption per capita of fresh potatoes.

Febrero 26, 2015

Potandon Produce launches line of Organic potatoes - Potandon Produce Organics

The first potato line ever launched under the Potandon Produce ™ brand name will soon be available.

Febrero 10, 2015

February is PEI Potato Lovers Month in Canada!

It’s time to celebrate Prince Edward Island Potatoes this winter, because February is PEI Potato Lovers Month in Canada!

Febrero 08, 2015

France starts major marketing campaign to stimulate potato consumption

In France, a major three year long campaign to promote the consumption of potatoes just started.

Diciembre 07, 2014

New Specialty potatoes: Delicious, Nutritious and Colorful

Agricultural Research Service scientists have bred and released colorful new potato varieties. Some have relatively high levels of beneficial red-to-purple pigments called “anthocyanins,” and others have high levels of yellow-pigmented carotenoids

Diciembre 03, 2014

Mashed potatoes most often prepared potato dish in Australia

The weather might be warming up [well, in Australia that is, not here in Canada...PP] but that isn’t stopping Aussie consumers tucking in to a hearty serve of mashed potato, according to the latest wave of the industry-funded Potato Tracker project.

Noviembre 30, 2014

GreenVale All Rounders have Christmas in the Bag!

Greenvale, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of fresh potatoes, offers a festive Christmas version of its 2kg bags of GreenVale All Rounder Potatoes.

Potato Recipes from the Idaho Potato Commission

Noviembre 09, 2014

'Pass the Potatoes, Please'

In Idaho, the centerpiece of the holiday meal is always... you guessed it... the potato. The Idaho Potato Commission helps with a lot of recipes.

Chris Hadfield digging potatoes on Prince Edward Island

Octubre 31, 2014

Harvesting Potatoes is no Rocket Science. Or is it?

Prince Edward Island Potatoes was delighted to have Col. Chris Hadfield, former Commander of the International Space Station helping to dig potatoes on Halloween morning against the backdrop of a clear blue sky and the beautiful West River.

One of the earlier sewing needles discovered in a potato

Octubre 21, 2014

Another Sewing Needle discovered in Potato

Another potato has been found with a sewing needle inside, the Prince Edward Island RCMP announced yesterday. This is the seventh sewing needle discovered in a potato.

Australia: Taste and convenience emerge as key factors to increase spud consumption

Octubre 11, 2014

Australia: Taste and convenience key factors to increase potato consumption

The first wave of results from the Australian industry-funded Potato Tracker project have been released, shedding encouraging new light on purchase triggers and consumption habits relating to fresh potatoes.

Potatoes are an important dietary source of Potassium

Septiembre 06, 2014

Eating Potassium-rich Foods Cuts Stroke, Death Risk among Older Women

Postmenopausal women who eat foods higher in potassium [such as potatoes; PotatoPro] are less likely to have strokes or to die from any cause than women who eat fewer potassium-rich foods, according to data from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI).

Agosto 28, 2014

Market research to track consumer views of Australian potatoes

Australian potato growers are set to gain fresh insights into how consumers view their products as part of a new market research project that has started this month.