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Hoewel aardappelen en afgeleide producten veruit de populairste maaltijdbegeleiders blijven, vindt slechts 9 procent van de Vlamingen verse aardappelen eten modern. In de hoop dat 'ouderwetse' imago zo snel mogelijk om te buigen, is de grootschalige 'P...

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...

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...

Despite rising incomes and the lowest unemployment rate in 33 years, Canada’s commercial foodservice industry grew by just 3.0% in the first seven months of 2007 compared to a solid 5.1% sales increase in the first seven months of 2006. Unfavourable we...

Jays Foods Inc. may close its plants in December -- permanently if a buyer doesn't step forward. Employees received notification last week that the company plants, including those at 825 E. 99th and 1001 E. 99th, might close Dec. 10-24 and not reopen...

A major franchisee has filed a lawsuit against Wendy’s International, alleging the company inflated a product’s cost and then improperly used the proceeds to support a national advertising campaign. DavCo Restaurants Inc., a Maryland company that own...

De aardappeloogst ten noorden van de grote rivieren is nagenoeg voltooid. In het zuidelijke deel van Nederland is er vorige week weer wat neerslag gevallen zodat volgens schattingen nog altijd ca. 25% van de hoofdoogst gerooid moet worden.  Met het ein...

Video item on the bankruptcy filing of Jay's Potato Chips.

A virus that crippled Prince Edward Island's potato industry for six months in 2000 may have returned. A single spud from a quarantined processing field near Kensington is being tested for potato wart, a disease that poses no threat to humans but leave...

SIMPLOT chief information officer Martin Nowak-Rowe has more to worry about than server loads and service-oriented architecture. As the tech chief of a major food manufacturer he also has to keep tabs on the latest technologies to stop produce-borne e...

Gracias a una oferta más variada, una mejor estrategia y una administración más diestra, los negocios de la cadena de restaurantes se están reponiendo en los EEUU. Hasta no hace mucho, la cadena de restaurantes de comida rápida McDonald's lucía co...

In about a month, people should be able to buy flat Ballreichs Bros potato chips, which stray from the company’s usually rippled snacks. Children at Lincoln Elementary School, neighbors to the factory at 186 Ohio Ave., used their creativity to help th...