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juli 27, 2009

Will we ever fully separate food myth from food reality?

The good news is people want to eat for health. They’re ready to respond to the latest research study or the newest discovery about food benefits, especially when a nutritional component is somehow linked to treatment or prevention of a disease.But is ...
 NPD Group
juli 27, 2009

NPD Spring 2009 Restaurant Count Shows Units Down by 4,000

There are 4,000 fewer restaurants in the United States this spring than there were last spring, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. NPD’s Spring 2009 ReCount®, which is a census of commercial restaurant locations in the Unite...
McCain Foods (GB) appoints Helen Priestley as marketing director
juli 27, 2009

McCain Foods (GB) appoints Helen Priestley as marketing director

McCain Foods (GB) Ltd have announced the appointment of Helen Priestley as Marketing Director. In her previous position Priestley championed McCain Food’s main ingredient, the Great British potato on behalf of the Potato Council where she worked for 10...
 Tong Peal potato packing unit
juli 26, 2009

Tong Peal and Pacepacker services collaborate to improve potato weighing and bagging

A new option for automation of the weighing and bagging of potatoes is being provided through a joint initiative by Tong Peal and Pacepacker Services.  The two companies are working together to offer machinery that combines the Tong Peal electronic w...
 Mintel
juli 26, 2009

Private label food manufacturers focus on quality, convenience, health

Mintel GNPD reports that amid rampant private label food product development, manufacturers stay current with the latest food trends. Providing more than just cheap alternatives to national brands, the newest private label foods woo shoppers with prem...
juli 25, 2009

Maine Potato growers battle late blight

Rob Johanson drove down a dirt path along a 5-acre field of potato plants and pointed to a scorched hole in the middle. Plants surrounding the burned earth were spindly with brown, irregular spots on their leaves from late blight fungus. Maine farmer...
juli 25, 2009

Wâldgieltsje: oud Fries aardappelras is terug als niche

Het Wâldgieltsje is terug. Een oud aardappelras is nu een Friese culinaire bijzonderheid. Bijna was het eind nabij, maar aardappelteler Jaap Wilman heeft veel moeite gedaan om dat te voorkomen. Met succes.Het ras was jaren geleden op sterven na dood. D...
juli 24, 2009

Situación del sector de la patata en España

La buena producción y excelente calidad del tubérculo, incluso a bajos precios, no ha servido para incentivar el consumo de la patata nacional, ya que las cadenas de distribución se han abastecido directamente de patata vieja extranjera, principalmente...
juli 24, 2009

West Bengal state government potato retail counters not a success

Within days of opening shop, the state government’s potato retail counters have come a cropper, with buyers not willing to pay Rs 13 per kg for rotten potatoes when good quality ones are available in the open market for Rs 15 per kg. The result: instea...
 Potato Council
juli 24, 2009

Potato Council Updates estimate of 2009 GB potato plantings

The Potato Council’s estimate of total potato plantings for 2009 has been updated from the provisional end-June area of 129,100 ha to a revised figure of 130,268 ha.This is very close to the final published figure for 2008 of 130,200 ha. The revised fi...
juli 23, 2009

Genetically modified potato trial restarted in Yorkshire (UK)

A trial of genetically modified potatoes which was vandalised last year has restarted, the Yorkshire Post can reveal.The Leeds University trial aims to grow potatoes which are resistant to a microscopic worm which stunts their growth and costs British ...
 MBMG
juli 23, 2009

Potato Trading Company MBMG calls in Administrators

More than 80 jobs will go after potato trading company MBMG went into administration.Ian Carr and Malcolm Shierson of Grant Thornton were appointed joint administrators to the company, which has its headquarters in March, Cambridgeshire, and employs ab...

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