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One of the world's largest french fry processors, McCain Foods Ltd. of Canada, may build a $150 million potato processing plant in Washington. Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission in Moses Lake, said a new plant ...

A fire station crew must be a little embarrassed by the way some of this state's famous potatoes got fried. Boise, Idaho firefighters returning from a medical call had to turn their hose on the firehouse kitchen after an overheated pan full of Tater T...

ConAgra Foods, Inc., today reported results for the fiscal 2008 second quarter ended Nov. 25, 2007. Diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.50, which includes $0.03 per diluted share of costs related to the recent pot pie recall. Gary Rodkin, C...

McCain Foods Limited announced today its intent to invest C$150 million for the construction of a new french fry plant in the Pacific Northwest. The facility will be designed to produce French fries and potato specialties primarily for food service an...

Un estudio importante halla que el compuesto que se encuentra en alimentos fritos y horneados no representa una amenaza. Al parecer existe poca o ninguna relación entre el cáncer de mama y la acrilamida, una sustancia que se encuentra en alimentos fr...

Washington potato farmers harvested more than 5.1 million tons of potatoes in 2007, the state's second-largest spud harvest in history. Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission, said the state's potato farmers dug up ...

After a three-week shutdown, Lamb Weston has fired up the potato processing plant it purchased from Twin City Foods. "It's always rewarding when you start a plant back up,"said John Blair, plant operations manager. Lamb Weston purchased the...

Solanum tuberosum – the potato - will have its year in 2008. The UN is trying to wean developing countries off rice and persuade them to adopt the potato as a staple food. Potatoes beat rice on most measures. They need less water and less space to prod...

Albert Wada is one of America’s potato kings. Farming 12,000 acres of land in Idaho, the state that produces a third of America’s spuds, Mr Wada is one of the biggest potato farmers in the United States. He bought the business in 1972 from his father,...

Othello and food processor J.R. Simplot agreed upon a new water contract to gradually increase Simplot's rates by 32 percent over the next five years.Simplot is the town's largest water user. Simplot paid the city $345,360 for water this year for about...

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston officially marked the completion of an 85,000-square-foot expansion of its potato processing plant in Pasco, Wash., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by company officials as well as local and state dignitaries. Lamb We...

Potatoes aren't on the list developing nations can order as part of the U.S. food aid program, and Frank Muir, president and chief executive officer of the Idaho Potato Commission, wants to change that.It's something of a Catch-22 situation. Potatoes c...

The check. For each of the chains, we bought and analyzed fries from five to nine restaurants in five states.CR's take. In our sampling, Wendy's still missed its mark. So did Burger King. McDonald's fries claim a high 8 g for most locations and 0 g fo...

Production of fall potatoes for 2007 is forecast at 408 million cwt, up 2 percent from last year. Area harvested, at 997,800 acres, is virtually unchanged from the July estimate but 2 percent above last year.The average yield is forecast at 409 cwt pe...

La cadena estadounidense de comida rápida McDonald's Corp reportó el jueves un aumento del 6,9 por ciento en sus ventas comparables de octubre, apoyada en una popular promoción en Estados Unidos y en la fortaleza de su negocio en Asia. La mayor red de...

Twin City Foods Inc., Washington's largest vegetable packer, has shed its potato-processing division as a response to increasing consolidation in the industry. On Oct. 19, the Stanwood-based company formally stopped turning potatoes into french fries a...

The deal: The value of the state's potato crop hit a record $562 million last year and could beat that record for the just-harvested 2007 crop. This year and last, the state's potato growers seem to be hitting the marks perfectly in terms of global ...

Othello’s Simplot potato plant didn’t set out to win the company’s first Food Group Operational Excellence Award. But plant manager Steve Anderson can’t say he’s sorry they got it. “Our philosophy is to do everything as excellently as we can,” he said....