Onderzoek en ontwikkeling (R&D) uit Noord-Amerika

april 13, 2010

Pack Expo will include Food Safety Resource Center

BNP Media, organizer of the Food Safety Summit;and PMMI, producer of the PACK EXPO family of trade shows;are pleased to announce the debut of the Food Safety Summit Resource Center at PACK EXPO International 2010 (McCormick Place, Chicago;Oct. 31–Nov....

april 12, 2010

Conagra Foods Acquires Elan Nutrition

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) announced today that it has acquired Elan Nutrition, a privately-held formulator and manufacturer of snack and nutrition bars based in Grand Rapids, Mich. Financial terms of the transaction, which closed today, were not...

maart 22, 2010

Health Care bill causes big changes in Restaurant Industry

As President Barack Obama prepares to sign a sweeping health care reform bill into law, the foodservice industry faces changes of historic proportion. In addition to requiring many restaurant operators to contribute to health care coverage for their ...

maart 21, 2010

Don Ladhoff to lead USPB Retail Programs

The USPB announces Don Ladhoff will lead the retail efforts of the Domestic Marketing Program. He will provide key input to strategy and guide the tactical execution of the program, with the goal of increasing demand for potatoes in the retail enviro...

maart 17, 2010

Michelle Obama urges food industry to 'Step it up'

First Lady Michelle Obama has been reaching out to everyone about moving forward together to give all our children the healthy start to life that they deserve!

maart 15, 2010

SNAXPO 2010: State of the Snack Food Industry

During the recent Snaxpo 2010, Sally Lyons Wyatt of INFORMATION RESOURCES, INC. presented the State of the Snack Food Industry report.Budget-focused consumers, some 84% of which grocery shop with a list, are increasingly turning to snack foods to help ...

maart 15, 2010

PotatoPro Newsletter: History and Future of GM Potatoes

Did you receive the PotatoPro Newsletter last Thursday? The History and Future of GM Potatoes If not, you may be subscribed only to the daily E-mail. Subscribe to the PotatoPro Newsletter to receive it directly by E-mail as it is published.

maart 15, 2010

Boletín electrónico de PotatoPro: Historia y futuro de las papas genéticamente modificadas

Recibió el último boletín de PotatoPro el pasado miercoles? Historia y futuro de las papas genéticamente modificadas Si no fue así, usted puede suscribirse al servicio de alerta por correo electrónico. Subscribase el boletín de PotatoPro para recibi...

maart 15, 2010

Canadian Potato Growers gird for cutbacks

Joe Brennan and his fellow potato growers in New Brunswick are bracing for the fallout from the French fry meltdown.Mr. Brennan, who is also the chairman of Potatoes New Brunswick, the province's potato marketing board, says he will have no choice this...

maart 11, 2010

USPB President Tim O'Connor addresses declining demand

The U.S. Potato Board is targeting declining demand as a top priority. During the group’s annual meeting March 11, board President Tim O’Connor urged members, in approving the next long-term plan, to make fixing declining demand a priority, and to fo...

maart 10, 2010

US Chip Sector Weighs Funding Expansion

During late January, the United States Potato Board (USPB) Chip Committee held a conference call with chip processors to gauge their interest in funding an expansion of the material development program to fast track the breeding of new chip-stock potat...

maart 09, 2010

SNAXPO 2010 Draws Worldwide Audience in Texas

SNAXPO 2010, the world’s largest trade show devoted exclusively to international snack foods, opened in Fort Worth, TX Thursday, March 4, where nearly 1500 industry professionals from some 35 countries gathered to explore key issues and ideas, as well...

maart 05, 2010

One year later, costly trade blunder still in effect

March 10 marks the one-year anniversary of Congress’s decision to terminate the cross-border trucking program with Mexico, a move found illegal under NAFTA and generating retaliatory tariffs on more than 90 U.S. products and subsequent decreases in export

maart 05, 2010

SNAXPO 2010: Snack food is on a roll but under attack

After years of lackluster sales, potato chip sales jumped 22 percent and tortilla chips 18 percent since 2007, according to the market research firm Mintel International, which said the salty noshes defied the economic downturn. "People bought ...

maart 04, 2010

Potato growers take McDonald's Pesticide survey

Farmers who grow potatoes that end up as french fries at McDonald's and other fast food restaurants have begun taking surveys about how they produce the crop.About a year ago, McDonald's bowed to pressure from activist shareholders and agreed to make a...

februari 22, 2010

Greg Garrisson selected Maine's young potato farmer of the year

At 43, Gregg Garrison is amused that he’s been targeted as a young and up-and-coming potato farmer.“The new young is 40,” he says, after giving a small chuckle when asked his age. “I probably don’t look the part.”The Maine Potato Board at the end of 20...

Flavored french fries (Idaho Potato Commission)

februari 21, 2010

No more 'Would you like fries with that'

It's time to bury that negative fast-food cliché, "Would you like fries with that?" In today's restaurant world, whether it's quick service or full service, operators are finding new ways to present and flavor fries, and customers are eating...

Make Allen announcement at Potatoes New Brunswick Conference

februari 11, 2010

Government of Canada Helps Potato Farmers Boost Their Bottom Line

The Government of Canada is helping New Brunswick potato farmers capture new markets and increase profitability by investing in a new market information database that will help producers make more informed decisions.