Papas Fritas y Especialidades de Papa de América del Norte

Noviembre 07, 2007

Canadian french fry manufacturers grapple with strong dollar

The continuing strength of the Canadian dollar is posing some problems for Portage La Prairie french fry manufacturers. For Simplot Canada Ltd.’s Portage plant, unit director Chris Tompkins said the high dollar is having an impact on his operation. “W...

Noviembre 05, 2007

McCain Foods (Canada) introduces Slow Cooker Solutions

McCain Foods (Canada) has introduced a new product that makes it easier than ever for busy parents to serve healthy and nutritious family dinners. The meals are reminiscent of the good, old-fashioned meat-and-potato dinners of years gone by but the...

Noviembre 02, 2007

Lassonde completes its purchase of McCain Foods (Canada)'s ready-to-drink fruit juice and fruit drink business

Lassonde Industries Inc. (LAS.A-TSX) today announced that its subsidiary A. Lassonde Inc. has completed its purchase of the business of manufacture and distribution of ready-to-drink fruit juices and fruit drinks of McCain Foods (Canada), a division of...

Octubre 26, 2007

Twin City Foods sells potato plant to Conagra

Twin City Foods Inc., Washington's largest vegetable packer, has shed its potato-processing division as a response to increasing consolidation in the industry. On Oct. 19, the Stanwood-based company formally stopped turning potatoes into french fries a...

Octubre 26, 2007

Washington potato harvest could break last year's record of $562M

The deal: The value of the state's potato crop hit a record $562 million last year and could beat that record for the just-harvested 2007 crop. This year and last, the state's potato growers seem to be hitting the marks perfectly in terms of global ...

Octubre 25, 2007

Othello French fry plants reap recognition

Othello’s Simplot potato plant didn’t set out to win the company’s first Food Group Operational Excellence Award. But plant manager Steve Anderson can’t say he’s sorry they got it. “Our philosophy is to do everything as excellently as we can,” he said....

Octubre 22, 2007

VN opent het Internationale Jaar van de Aardappel

Na de internationale jaren voor de rijst (2004) en voor de bergen (2002) kan een jaar voor de aardappel natuurlijk niet achterblijven. Vorige week opende de Verenigde Naties het jaar met als belangrijkste doel om overheden subsidie te laten verstrekken...

Gain report frozen potato products Canada

Octubre 19, 2007

GAIN report published on Frozen Potato Products in Canada

Post estimates Canadian frozen french fry production in the current year (July 2007 to June 2008) to increase to approximately 1,410,000 metric tons (MT), up 3.0% from 1,370,000 MT produced during 2006/07. On a value basis, Canadian exports of frozen ...

Octubre 18, 2007

First NYC restaurants fined for trans fat violations

Four Queens restaurants were recently slapped with fines for trans fat violations during routine inspections, placing them among the first establishments to be punished under new laws that require city eateries to switch to alternative oils, margarin...

Octubre 18, 2007

McCain Foods Canada sells aseptic juice business to Lassonde

Fruit juice maker Lassonde Industries Inc. (TSX:LAS.A) is buying McCain Foods Canada’s aseptic beverage business in a $13.9 million deal that will eliminate 25 jobs.The agreement involves moving production equipment from Toronto to Grand Falls, N.B., w...

Octubre 18, 2007

McCain sponsors the United Nations International Year of the Potato 2008

McCain Foods Limited announced its sponsorship of the United Nations (UN) International Year of the Potato 2008, at the official launch today in New York.The United Nations General Assembly has declared that the potato should be a major component in st...

Octubre 17, 2007

Caldwell ethanol plant reopens

The Idaho Ethanol Processing LLC plant, located across from J.R. Simplot Co.'s French fry processing plant on Idaho 19, was reopened in September by Westway Holdings Corp., a New Orleans-based subsidiary of ED&F Man Holdings Ltd. of London. ED&amp...

Octubre 17, 2007

Do food miles make a difference to global warming?

The U.S. local food movement -- which used to be elite, expensive and mostly coastal -- has gone mainstream, with a boost from environmentalists who reckon that eating what grows nearby cuts down on global warming. But do food miles -- the distance e...

Octubre 13, 2007

Key Technology's Iso-Flo boasts flexible, contoured composite spring arms

In composite design, the simplest solution tends to be the best. A case in point is an industrial spring arm manufactured by Gordon Composites Inc. (Montrose, Colo.) for the Iso-Flo vibratory conveyor system built by Key Technology Inc. (Walla Walla, ...

Octubre 12, 2007

Wide variation in quality Idaho spuds

Keith Esplin, executive director of Potato Growers of Idaho, on this years crop: “I think as far as the crop, growers are pleased with what they found,” he said. “Yield and quality are better than thought.”Esplin said growers were expecting ...

Octubre 05, 2007

ConAgra pledges to cut food ads to kids

Food giant ConAgra has joined a voluntary industry initiative to reduce its marketing to children as part of a widespread move to improve kids' nutrition and reduce the rates of obesity.Yesterday's pledge follows a call for information from the chairm...

Octubre 05, 2007

Washington State Potato Growers have settled processing contracts with Simplot and Heinz

Washington state potato growers have settled processing contracts with the J.R. Simplot Co. and H.J. Heinz Co. for the 2008 growing season.Simplot will pay growers a $240-per-acre "energy surcharge"under the new contract, Potato Growers of Wa...

Septiembre 28, 2007

Idaho Potato Harvest Indicates Yield Decrease (video)

Harvest time is here and Idaho farmers are busy digging up their fields. But the hot weather we saw this summer has taken a toll on the local crop. The fields are pretty much dug up, with a few stragglers left behind. While farms say the quality o...