Tendencias Alimentarias

In October last year we wrote in a PotatoPro Newsletter about biodegradable snack bags and addressed the noise issues Frito-lay had with their SunChips packaging. Now Frito-lay has reduced the noise of the biodegradable SunChips packaging and are now introducing Quieter 100% compostable SunChips bags.

Subway has surpassed McDonald's to become the world's largest restaurant chain in terms of units, the sandwich company confirmed Monday.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) rose for the eighth consecutive month, averaging 236 points in February 2011, up 2.2 percent from January

The Potato Council stand at Fruit Logistica (Berlin, February) received more than 150 industry direct enquiries for seed and ware potatoes this year.

For the first time Emsland Group will be part of the well known SNAXPO exhibition in the United States.

UGent, ILVO, VIB en HoGent hebben van de federale ministers Paul Magnette en Laurette Onkelinx (PS) toelating gekregen om een tweejarige veldproef uit te voeren met genetisch gemodificeerde aardappelen die bestand zijn tegen phytophthora.

Steeds meer bedrijven uit het agribusinesscomplex begeven zich op het terrein van de sociale media.

AFFI commends the agreement announced by President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón to end a lengthy cross-border trucking dispute that has resulted in various U.S. frozen food exports being subject to punitive Mexican retaliatory tariffs.

Un juez de la Audiencia de Barcelona ha condenado a la marca 'Patatas Naturales' a dejar de producir y retirar del mercado su producto 'Pat-Diet' por hacer publicidad engañosa al ser presentado como un producto 'light', cuando realmente no lo era. Seg...

Los municipios de Palermo en el Huila y de Chiquinquirá en Boyacá van a tener un papel más preponderante en el mapa industrial del país, gracias a la construcción de dos zonas francas en donde se espera la llegada de grandes compañías. La primera de e...

McCain Foods Australia is being urged to follow the lead of Simplot Australia by increasing potato prices for Ballarat growers.

A federal announcement that Maine seed potato producers can now ship their potatoes to Thailand likely won’t have a big impact on the industry.

Spiraling shipping costs for commodities threaten to drive food inflation even higher as nations from Asia to the Middle East and Africa scramble for supplies

The unsettled weather is hampering progress with potato planting in the United Kingdom, says the Potato Council.

Although visits to U.S. restaurants are still below the level registered six years ago, there were signs of improvement in the second half of 2010

Despite Prince Edward Island's position as Canada's top potato producer, the P.E.I. Potato Board says there needs to be more local research to help the industry.

Americold today announced the grand opening of a new temperature-controlled storage facility in Delhi, Louisiana.

Deep River Snacks, a product of the Old Lyme Gourmet Co., completed a $4 million offering with investment from Southbury, Conn.-based Najeti Ventures.