Trends in landbouw en voedsel

La papa, fuente rica en proteína, carbohidratos, potasio y vitamina C, es el cuarto alimento más consumido a nivel mundial, y de ahí su importancia no solo en su preparación sino en su conservación. La ingeniera química de la Universidad Nacional de C...

Potato supplier Branston has scooped a top retail award naming them as the 2011 Tesco supplier with the best technology innovation to reduce carbon. Tesco congratulated Branston for effectively innovating throughout its production processes and investi...

The hypermarket, supermarket and discounter retail sector in North America is highly organized, with large national and international store chains dominating the marketplace. In 2010, the region's top 10 hypermarkets, supermarkets and discounters toge...

Beginning today, Wendy's customers in Etobicoke, ON will have the opportunity to try new menu items in an ultra modern setting as the company opens one of four new concept stores to be tested in North America. It is the first Canadian concept store fo...

De Nederlandse aardappelnoteringen en de Belgische notering Belgapom moeten vergelijkbaar met elkaar worden gemaakt. Hiervoor pleitte Kees van Arendonk, voorzitter van de Nederlandse Aardappel-organisatie (NAO), dinsdag bij de presentatie van de eerst...

At the DLF Place mall in the upscale South Delhi neighborhood of Saket, shoppers and employees sit more or less side-by-side in a new “desi” food court, digging into traditional Indian dishes ranging from biryani to dosas to seekh kebabs. There's some...

The government today approved setting up of 15 more mega food parks with an investment of Rs 787.50 crore to provide better infrastructure to reduce the wastage, which has been estimated at 40% of the total fruit and vegetables production. The Cabinet...

The current economic stagnation coupled with very high commodity prices has led food manufacturers to understandably become very price-sensitive. At Cargill, we're always trying to find ways to help our customers promote their products while saving co...

One of the UK’s leading potato suppliers, Branston Ltd has been praised for its excellent water management by a group of sustainability experts who visited from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Branston installed a £1-million water recycl...

Fast-casual growth continues to outpace that of quick service and full service. Though it’s still a small segment—comprising 6 percent of the restaurant industry—its influence is great. With origins in once-innovative concepts such as Fuddruckers an...

Onderzoekers aan de Universiteit van Wisconsin-Madison zijn gekozen om een nationale multi-institutionele poging tot kwaliteitsverbetering van verwerkte aardappels te leiden. Volgens de USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture is er door het ...

McDonald’s Corp. is eyeing opportunities to gain global market share by continuing to optimize its menu, updating restaurants and expanding tiered value and premium-item promotions, executives told analysts in a call following the company’s third-quart...

The National Potato Council (NPC) applauded today’s complete suspension of the retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports by the government of Mexico. The action comes in response to last week’s approval of the first Mexico-based carrier by the U.S. Departmen...

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. Vo...

With 99 percent of this year’s approximately 56,000 acres of potatoes harvested, Aroostook County potato growers are watching the stored product to gauge the effect of massive amounts of rainfall this past summer. Don Flannery, executive director of t...

Last week, we at Hudson Institute issued a study titled 'Better-for-you Foods: It's Just Good Business.' We now have evidence that packaged food and beverage companies selling a higher percentage of better-for-you (BFY) products are doing better.

Coming off of two record years in terms of total crop value and a record yield in 2009, the Idaho potato industry will probably have to be satisfied with merely a good performance for the 2011-12 season. “We will definitely be in the five-year average...

Aardappeltelers weten als geen ander dat kwalitatief goed en gezond pootgoed de basis is voor een rendabele aardappelteelt. De praktijk is echter grillig en ervaring leert dat de kwaliteit van het uitgangsmateriaal nogal uiteen loopt. Door verbeterde...