News On French Fries and Potato Specialties from Europe

December 08, 2020

Lamb Weston / Meijer acquires majority share in Russia’s first large scale French fries factory

Lamb Weston / Meijer strengthened its position in the frozen processed potato market in Russia with the acquisition of a majority share of its existing joint venture with the Belaya Dacha Group. The joint venture owns Russia’s largest French fries factory.

December 04, 2020

Christophe Vermeulen to become the new CEO of Belgapom and director of FVPhouse

Belgapom has selected Christophe Vermeulen as the successor to Romain Cools as the CEO of Belgapom. He will also act as the director of FVPhouse.

December 01, 2020

Lamb Weston wins marketing award for its UK B2B launch of Dukes of Chippingdom Fries

Lamb Weston, supported by Art of the Possible Agency and WAA, has won a 2020 B2B Marketing Award last week, taking Gold in the Best Product Launch Campaign and the highly coveted Grand Prix: Campaign of the Year for the launch of its innovative Dukes of Chippingdom in February.

November 13, 2020

'No more potatoes for fries needed by the processors? Then we'll cut them ourselves'

The corona crisis dealt a blow to the fries processing industry and that in turn had consequences for the growers who supply the industry.

November 10, 2020

Lockdown 2.0 (UK) is here – AHDB reflects on what it means for the potato industry

In the United Kingdom, Lockdown 2.0 is happening and it brings widespread closure of pubs and restaurants once again. AHDB reflects on what it means for the potato industry

November 03, 2020

Lamb Weston Meijer wants to increase its stake in Belaya Dacha's Lipetsk plant

The leadership of the Dutch company Lamb Weston Meijer, LWM CIS B.V., asked the Federal Antimonopoly Service to give it preliminary consent to acquire 39,38% of LLC Lamb Weston Belaya Dacha.

Belgapom starts its new search for a successor to Romain Cools as CEO of the Belgian potato trade and processing industry

November 02, 2020

Belgapom restarts search for a successor to Romain Cools as CEO of the Belgian potato industry association

With a new board, Belgapom starts its new search for a successor to Romain Cools as CEO of the Belgian potato trade and processing industry

McCain Foods breaks ground for expansion of Lelystad french fries factory

October 20, 2020

McCain Foods breaks ground for expansion of Lelystad factory

McCain Foods broke ground last week for the expansion of their French fry factory in Lelystad, The Netherlands

NewCold 'On Course' With New Cold Storage Facility

October 20, 2020

NewCold 'On Course' With Second UK Cold Storage Facility

Preparations for NewCold's second UK deep freeze storage facility are fully on course, says the company and following the build commencement next month, the operation is expected to go live just one year later.

Harvesting, prices and future plans: the potato situation in the regions of Russia

October 10, 2020

The 2020 potato harvest in the various regions of Russia

Since the start of autumn, potato producers in the regions of Russia have been facing many challenges, new and old. In the Russian Federation, the average annual volume of potatoes used for food purposes is estimated to be at 13-14 million tons, which makes potato one of the most important crops in Russia. In this article, we present information about the potato situation in various regions of Russia.

October 07, 2020

Lutosa rebranding emphasizes worldwide ambition: Potatoes to the world

Lutosa is a proud Belgian Brand, selling its Belgian Fries and a wide range of additional potato products to no less than 136 countries. No less than 94% of its production is exported.

World Potato and Europatat Congresses, Ireland, 2021 – Postponed until 2022

October 01, 2020

World Potato and Europatat Congress, Ireland, 2021 – Postponed until 2022

World Potato Congress Inc., Europatat and the Irish Potato Federation have announced the postponement of the World Potato Congress (WPC) and the Europatat Congress planned for May/June in Dublin in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

McDonald's is seeking boost resilience of its British potato supply chain to environmental degradation and climate impacts

September 28, 2020

McDonald's and McCain offer climate resilience funding for UK potato farmers

Fast food giant McDonald's is working with McCain Foods and Prince's Countryside Trust to help farmers in the United Kingdom improve soil health and boost resilience to climate change and Brexit

September 26, 2020

Unilever seeks strategic partnership with Aviko Rixona

Unilever is seeking a strategic partnership with Aviko Rixona. The aim is to create synergies driven by scale and technology and to manufacture best potato products.

September 25, 2020

Aviko Rixona buys Pfanni instant potato plant in Stavenhagen as part of strategic partnership with Unilever

Today Aviko, one of Europe's largest manufacturers of fresh, frozen, dried and specialty potato products announces the acquisition of Unilever's factory in Stavenhagen, Germany by Aviko Rixona.

September 18, 2020

Potato Processing equipment specialist Kiremko sells 30 STRATA Invicta® steam peelers in 30 months

Kiremko is proud to announce that they have sold 30 of the best steam peelers on the market in just over 30 months’ time. Made in Europe and the US, supplied globally.

September 16, 2020

More than 64 thousand tons of potatoes processed in the Moscow region

The Moscow region is the leader in potato processing in the Russian Federation in the first half of this year. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Andrei Razin.