Papas en el Menudeo

El consumo de la hortaliza, tanto como producto fresco como procesado, saltó casi un 20 porciento en cuatro años. Cultivada en varias zonas del país, se cosecharon 2,85 millones de toneladas, de las cuales, más de la mitad, se produjeron en el sudeste bonaerense.

La papa o patata, uno de los alimentos vegetales más populares, es hoy aún puntal de la producción agrícola en muchos países de casi todas las regiones del orbe.

Idahoan Foods saw sales of its dehydrated mashed potato products rise during the pandemic as consumers cooked more meals at home.

Febrero es el Potato Lover's Month, el mes de los amantes de la patata, y Morning Kiss Organic y Gold Bell, empresas pertenecientes a Arrowfarms, presentan una nueva bolsa de papel compostable para envasar este producto.

Just as QSR-chains use enticing menu board images to drive sales of combo meals, jumbo-sized slushies and other selections, retail grocers are using the same concept to capture the attention of shoppers looking for a side dish for their next prepared, at-home meal.

PEI Potatoes will be on the small screen once again this year, with a brand new message and commercial. 'Made to Enjoy' is a new approach for PEI Potatoes, aimed more at the end consumer than our previous campaigns.

Record potato retail sales continued from October to December 2020, the second quarter of Potatoes USA’s marketing year 2021. All three months saw an increase in both dollar and volume sales, with the largest growth in December.

Tasteful Selections begins new campaign to celebrate the little joys in the New Year.

Wayne Townshend has been named chairman. Townshend has been on the board for five years serving as a seed director.

Desde el Programa Agroideas del Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego (Minagri), se busca promover el consumo de la papa peruana y destacar el trabajo de los agricultores que han mantenido una producción constante de este alimento, pese a la pandemia.

Record potato sales continued at US retail from July through September 2020. Total store potato sales increased by 13.6% in dollar sales and 10.6% in volume sales, compared to the same time frame in 2019.

From fruits and snacks to entire meal solutions, the frozen category in the USA is experiencing all-time sales highs over the past year.

Tasteful Selections ranks No. 3941 on the 2019 Inc. 5000 with three-year revenue growth of 89 percent.

US Fresh potato sales increased significantly from July 2019 through June 2020, and so did the number of households buying potatoes. Eighty-eight percent of households purchased potatoes on an average of 10 times during the 52-week period.

The smallest potato from the Carcross/Tagish First Nation garden harvest this year was the size of a pea. The spud might be tiny, but its ancestors travelled a long way to get here. The Lingít K'úntsx', or Tlingit potato, has been grown in Alaska for over 200 years.

It was just 18 months ago that Potandon Produce LLC in Idaho Falls, ID, introduced an innovative value-added potato product in the Green Giant Fresh brand called One Step … Done!

MountainKing Potatoes has added Cindy Adkins, a former owner and operator of the nation's largest certified organic packer of fingerling potatoes, to its team of sales representatives, the company says in a press release recently issued.

Farmers all across Idaho will be in their fields from now through most of October collecting the state's signature crop.