News On French Fries and Potato Specialties

Poutine is elevated at The Coterie Room in Seattle

March 21, 2013

Trendy Fries: flavorful sauces and bold toppings

Beloved fries and tots are taking another turn in the limelight, this time nestling under flavorful sauces and bold toppings.

March 20, 2013

Australia: Birds Eye launches two new potato chip ranges (French Fries)

Australian frozen food company Birds Eye has launched two new potato chip ranges.

March 15, 2013

McCain Foods GB launches Jacket Smiles for kids

In the United Kingdom, McCain Foods has launched Jacket Smiles for kids, following the runaway success of its Ready Baked Jackets.

March 14, 2013

Online and Social media added to success Chip Week

Following the 22nd annual Chip Week Potato Council can count national press coverage, industry-wide involvement and over 35,000 nominations in the ‘Choice Chip Awards’ as highlights of its success.

March 12, 2013

Liking 'Curly Fries' indicates you are smart

Liking curly fries is a smart thing to do. So smart that a computer crunching of millions of Facebook “likes,” independent of the information in your profile, can figure out all kinds of personal and often private details of your life, including your IQ.

March 09, 2013

Simplot's Bill Whitacre sees growth opportunities in China and Mexico

Bill Whitacre, CEO of the J.R. Simplot Co., was one of several Boise business leaders who talked about conducting business internationally at a recent symposium by the Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education at Boise State Univers...

Irving Energy's General Manager Darren Gillis stands before compressed natural gas truck. Irving Oil announced today that it has signed an agreement with McCain Foods

March 09, 2013

McCain Foods switches to truck delivered natural gas in New Brunswick and Maine

Irving Oil announced last week that it has signed an agreement with McCain Foods, making it Irving Oil’s newest natural gas industrial customer, and the first in New Brunswick to receive compressed natural gas (CNG) delivered by trucks.

March 07, 2013

Cravon: New Never Fried French Fries from Simplot

J.R. Simplot Company – the company recognized for creating the frozen french fry market more than 50 years ago for the foodservice industry – has once again redefined the french fry experience with today's launch of 'never fried' CravOn™.

March 06, 2013

Restaurant Chains Serving More Lower-Calorie Choices Do Better Financially

Restaurant chains that serve more lower-calorie foods and beverages have better business performance, according to a study by Hudson Institute.

March 05, 2013

Idaho Potato growers approve contracts with Simplot, McCain

Idaho potato growers at a Monday meeting in Burley approved processing contracts with J.R. Simplot and McCain Foods that both include payment increases averaging 1.6 percent.

Unidad Didáctico Productiva de Procesamientos Aplicativos en Tubérculos (TV Vida 5)

March 05, 2013

Universidad argentina inauguró una fábrica de papas y batatas fritas

El gobernador de la provincia participó junto al rector de la Universidad Nacional de La Rioja (UNLaR) de la inauguración de la Unidad Didáctico Productiva de Procesamientos Aplicativos en Tubérculos, cuya marca Solar comenzó con la producción a pequeñ...

February 28, 2013

McDonald's France promises '100% French' fries in partnership with McCain

Fast Food chain McDonald's France has promised to serve "100% French"French Fries before the end of the year in all its 1260 restaurants.

February 27, 2013

Idaho Potato Growers to vote on McCain, Simplot contracts

Idaho potato growers will vote Monday in Burley on contracts with McCain Foods and J.R. Simplot Co. paying a 1.6 percent average increase, according to sources involved in negotiations.

February 27, 2013

Simplot director new chair for Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) Board

The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) Board has elected a new chair. Terry O’Brien, Managing Director of Simplot Australia, has been elected by the Board following the resignation of John Doumani.

February 26, 2013

American Frozen Food Institute Elects New Board Leadership

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) today announced the election of three officers and seven members to the AFFI Board of Directors.

February 26, 2013

La papa empleada por los McDonald’'s franceses será ahora cultivada en Francia

El proteccionismo francés llega a las mesas del Mcdonald's. De aquí a noviembre de este año en los McDonald's del país sólo se comerán french fries. Nada de patatas fritas a base de tubérculos belgas, como servían ahora algunos de sus restaurantes.

February 21, 2013

Potato Specialities line increases overall plant efficiency

At Ecofrost in Belgium, a new potato specialities line was commissioned last spring. The line is used to produce formed potato croquettes and pommes noisettes. Raw materials for these products are the rejects and the nubbin waste from the Kiremko Frenc...

February 21, 2013

McCain unveils first new brand identity in 50 years in the United Kingdom

French fry manufacturer McCain has worked with design agency BrandOpus to overhaul its entire product portfolio in the United Kingdom. The overhaul includes the introduction of an entirely new logo for the brand, the first such change in over 50 years.