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november 01, 2007

Sam Asiedu receives Friendship Award for potato research in China

Halting the collapse of potato production in the largest spud producing country in the world has led to a prestigious award for Sam Asiedu. This Canadian scientist from Truro was one of 50 scientists from 20 countries to be awarded the Friendship Award...
oktober 31, 2007

Collective Action for Innovation and Small Farmer Market Access: The Papa Andina Experience

This paper reports on how the Papa Andina Regional Initiative is promoting the use of collective action to reduce poverty in the Andes, by developing market niches and adding value to potatoes, particularly the native potatoes grown by poor farmers.
 About Jay's potato chips bankrupty
oktober 31, 2007

About the causes of the bankruptcy of chip maker Jays Foods

After years of losses, it seemed Ubiquity subsidiary Jays Foods Inc., was poised to at least break even, and possibly even turn a modest profit. In the first six months of this year, losses were cut 50 percent compared with the losses in the first h...
 Farm Frites Nature's Goodness packaging awarded
oktober 31, 2007

Farm Frites wins bronze Pentaward for Nature’s Goodness packaging

Dutch French fry manufacturer Farm Frites has won the bronze Pentaward 2007 in the category Foods-savoury snacks for the packaging of the low fat and low calorie fries Nature's Goodness. Other winners are Heinz, Milka and Evian.Pentawards is the first ...
oktober 31, 2007

Tyrrells Potato Chips wins Midlands Final of the Bank of Scotland £25 million Entrepreneur Challenge

Will Chase, the Herefordshire farmer behind the hugely successful Tyrell’s Crisps brand, has been awarded £5m in interest-free funding by the Bank of Scotland to develop his business further. Mr Chase, who won the Midlands category in the Banks of Sco...
oktober 31, 2007

Japan's Mitsubishi launches takeover bid for KFC Japan

Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. announced a tender offer Wednesday to boost its stake in Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan Ltd. in a deal worth up to 30.83 billion yen (US$267.72 million;¤185,38 million).Mitsubishi, which already owns 31 percent of ...
oktober 31, 2007

Wendy's Financing Package Could Lead To Lower Offers

Potential buyers for Wendy's International Inc. (WEN) have a Nov. 12 deadline to submit bids for the hamburger chain, but a shaky financing package assembled by Wendy's banks could throw a wrench in the auction and lead to lower offers. Wendy's lende...
oktober 31, 2007

Tate & Lyle reports weak H1 results

Tate &Lyle, a manufacturer of food and industrial ingredients, has reported a 19% fall in profit before tax to GBP120 million for the first six months of 2007, compared with GBP149 million for the same period in 2006.
oktober 31, 2007

Europe takes 'wait-and-see' stance on diacetyl flavouring

EU regulators and processors say they are examining the use of diacetyl for foods, following reports of hundreds of US workers falling ill from a deadly lung disease linked to the inhalation of the popcorn flavouring chemical."The experts of the ...
oktober 31, 2007

Popcorn Workers Lung Victims Granted Big Victory class action lawsuit

Popcorn Workers Lung victims involved in a class action lawsuit got some good news from a New York appeals court yesterday. The court ruled that if the former Missouri popcorn plant workers successfully prove their claims that diacetyl exposure cause...
oktober 31, 2007

Procter & Gamble Co posted a 14 percent increase in quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by strong sales.

The company said profit was $3.08 billion, or 92 cents a share, in the first quarter compared with $2.70 billion, or 79 cents a share, a year earlier. P&G plans to push further into health and beauty products, which generate higher margins than th...
CEOforum interviews Steve Yung, Managing director of McCain Foods Australia
oktober 31, 2007

CEOforum interviews Steve Yung, Managing director of McCain Foods Australia

The western Victorian regional city of Ballarat (population: 88,000) would not be the first city that would spring to mind when considering likely locations for the Australian headquarters of a global company.

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