News On French Fries and Potato Specialties from the United States

December 09, 2010

ConAgra cuts F2011 outlook on weak Q2

ConAgra Foods Inc (CAG.N) cut its 2011 earnings outlook for the second time after quarterly results were weaker than expected, underscoring the difficulties facing the U.S. food industry.

November 30, 2010

Americans Are Making Gradual Shifts Toward More Healthful Eating at Restaurants, Reports NPD

As law makers move in various ways to legislate healthier eating in the U.S., it appears that Americans are beating them to the punch.

November 10, 2010

Wendy's launches new Natural-Cut Sea Salt French Fries

Wendy's announces the launch of its new natural-cut fries with sea salt in the United States (nationwide), marking the first complete redesign of the company's classic fries in its 41-year history.

November 09, 2010

McCain Foods Recognized for its Efforts to Promote Diversity

Recently, a special reception was held in Seattle to raise awareness about the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF), which is the largest non-profit organization in the United States devoted solely to providing college scholarships for Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) students.

November 08, 2010

The French Fry: Alexia Invites you to Reinvent this Culinary Classic

With the mid-term elections behind us, there's still one more critical issue left for Americans to vote on: the future of the French fry.

November 07, 2010

Sweet Potato Processing Plant Conagra Foods Lamb Weston officially open

ConAgra Foods CEO Gary Rodkin joined Lamb Weston President Jeff DeLapp, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and others today to commemorate the grand opening of ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston’s new state-of-the art, environmentally friendly sweet potato processing plant in Delhi, Louisiana.

October 26, 2010

McCain Purely Potatoes now available in the United States

Thanks to McCain Foods USA's launch of Purely Potatoes, all the preparation fuss, mess, and time have been removed from potato preparation.

October 25, 2010

Up close: McCain Foods Easton factory in Maine

McCain Foods in Easton is a mechanized wonderland of potato processing—the source of millions of pounds of fries in every shape known to modern man

October 23, 2010

Idaho Potato Processors have a slow start this season

October 21, 2010

Conagra Foods: Paul Maass promoted to President, Commercial Foods

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) announced today that Paul Maass has been promoted to president, Commercial Foods, effective immediately.

October 19, 2010

Conagra Foods Lamb Weston celebrates grand opening of its sweet potato processing plant

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston® will celebrate the grand opening of its new sweet potato processing plant in northeastern Louisiana with Get Sweet.

October 15, 2010

Importers of US French Fries get 'Potatoes 101' in Washington

October 14, 2010

McCain Foods Plover receives energy efficiency grant

McCain Foods in Plover will be getting a significant grant from the Wisconsin governor's office in order to help increase energy efficiency at the plant.

October 05, 2010

US export of potato products remains strong

Exports of US potatoes and products for July 2009 through June 2010 (MY09/10) totaled 1,229,853 metric tons (MT) valued at $1,172,702,250.This is a decline of 0.67 percent in volume and 2.69 percent in value from the previous year’s record levels.

October 03, 2010

Simplot could face fines for health and safety violations in Grand Forks french fry plant

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued J.R. Simplot Co. of Boise, Idaho, one repeat and 12 serious workplace health and safety citations at its facility in Grand Forks, N.D. Proposed penalties total $59,000.

September 30, 2010

Flood could cost Wisconsin potato farmers over 65 million - if you include storage losses

Officials began totaling the millions of dollars in crop damage and loss to central Wisconsin farmers from last week's flooding. In Portage County, where more than half of Wisconsin's potato acreage is planted, losses to potato farmers could rise as hi...

September 29, 2010

USDA publica el reporte anual para el cultivo de la papa (2009)

El reporte incluye la siguiente información: Producción de papa para el año 2009 Producción de papa durante el invierno Producción final de papa durante la primavera Producción de papa durante el verano Producción de papa durante el otoño Produ...

September 29, 2010

USDA publishes Potatoes 2009 Annual Summary

The USDA has recently published their annual potato summary, reviewing the 2009 potato crop.Potato production in 2009 is revised to 431 million cwt, down slightly from the estimate in the January Crop Production 2009 Summary but 4 percent above the 20...