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October 08, 2008

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc recalls potato croquettes due to potential contamination with pieces blue plastic

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has recalled its own brand Frozen Family Favourites Potato Croquettes due to potential contamination with pieces of soft blue plastic. Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has removed the affected products from sale. Product recal...
 Tyrrell's Potato Chips
April 14, 2008

Will Chase sells Majority stake in Tyrrells potato chips to Langholm Capital and focuses on potato wodka

Will Chase, potato farmer and owner of Tyrrell's Potato Chips has sold a majority stake in Tyrrell's Potato Chips to private equity firm Langholm Capital for £30 million. Will Chase has overseen the rapid growth of his premium-end snacks - made using...
March 27, 2008

Vale's Fresh offers parcooked potatoes for schools

Vale's Fresh has launched parcooked potatoes developed for the school market and to meet the demands of the Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI). The potatoes are 100% British, 100% natural, with no additives or preservatives, and have a ...
McCain Foods (GB)
March 27, 2008

McCain launches Purely Potato steam cooked potatoes for schools

Purely Potato, a new range of potato products from McCain, aims to make it easier for caterers to meet the new school food standards. The steam-blanched potato products are designed to be cooked without oil and are unrestricted under school food guidel...
January 04, 2008

Tyrrells' vodka plans move a step closer

Crisps producer Tyrrells is expecting to have its first bottles of vodka ready for sale by April after it was given the green light to build a distillery on its Herefordshire farm. Councillors granted the company planning permission to build the dist...
November 26, 2007

Residents block Tyrrells' vodka distillery plans

Residents are attempting to block plans by crisps producer Tyrrells to turn its Herefordshire farm into a vodka distillery. The company hopes to use a £5 million regional prize it won in the Bank of Scotland’s Corporate £25 million Challenge to use p...
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November 04, 2007

Tyrrell's Chips building vodka distillation unit

Will Chase, 46, founder and managing director of Tyrrells, said the firm planned to use the money won in the Entrepreneurs Challenge to make vodka from potatoes grown on the farm but which are too small to turn into crisps. The company has already b...

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