News on Food Trends from the Americas

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating potential claims against the board of directors of Lance, Inc. (“Lance” or the Company) (NASDAQ:LNCE) related to the Company’s agreement to merge into a single company with Snyder’s of H...

Lance Inc., the maker of Cape Cod potato chips and Stella D’oro cookies, agreed to merge with pretzel maker Snyder’s of Hanover Inc. to improve distribution of the companies’ snacks.Lance investors will receive a one-time dividend of $3.75 a share, the...

McDonald's Corp. (MCD) Chief Executive Jim Skinner has rebuffed a call by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) to end the distribution of Happy Meal toys. CPSI has alleged that the giveaway promotions contribute to childhood obesity by ...

Jim Skinner, presidente ejecutivo de McDonald's Corp, ha rechazado el llamado de atención del Centro para la Ciencia en el Interés Público (CSPI, pos sus siglas en ingles) para poner fin a la distribución de juguetes en su “Comida Feliz” o “Happy Meals...

Exhibit space in The Processing Zone at PACK EXPO International 2010 (October 31-November 3;McCormick Place, Chicago, IL) is sold out, show producer PMMI has announced. The special exhibit area in Lakeside Center will include more than 150 companies ex...

To reduce energy consumption and costs, the J.R. Simplot Company completed a project several years ago that increased the efficiency of the steam system at its potato processing plant in Caldwell, Idaho. The project was based on an evaluation, performe...

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) announced today the completion of the sale of its Gilroy Foods &FlavorsTM dehydrated and vegetable product operations to Olam International for before-tax proceeds of $250 million in cash, net of transaction costs a...

A hearing over how Cavendish Farms negotiates potato contracts with P.E.I. growers wrapped up Thursday.Cavendish Farms, an Irving-owned company, appealed a decision by the P.E.I. Potato Board.The board had approved an order in December that required pr...

Trans fats have been showing up less often in fast-food restaurant meals.Research from the University of Minnesota's Nutrition Coordinating Center has shows major chains have significantly reduced their use of oils that contain trans fat in French frie...

American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) President and CEO Kraig R. Naasz today announced the addition of two new members to the AFFI staff. Corey N. Henry joins AFFI as vice president of communications and Jane D. Pritchett is AFFI’s new manager of accou...

Consumers’ appetite for dining out has grown significantly from six months ago, according to a new study from consumer research firm Market Force Information.About 25 percent of the 4,600 respondents to a Market Force poll indicated that they plan to e...

With restaurant sales down over the last year or so, potato shippers and marketing directors are looking at options to get their product on more plates.Some say that progress has been made.“It’s slowly coming back,” said Kevin Stanger vice president of...

La Red de Manejo de Cultivos (PMN, por sus siglas en ingles), una editorial sin fines de lucro con información agrícola y hortícola, anuncia el lanzamiento de "Focus on Potato", un recurso en ingles con emisiones por Internet y otras herramie...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is inviting the public to submit comments and information to help the agency implement a new federal law that requires the posting of calorie content and other nutrition information on menu ...

Mashed potatoes in foodservice operations are up 29% in the past four years. In Q1 2006, the top 350 chain restaurant menus listed 1,749 mashed potato menu items. In Q1 2010, there were 2,256. This is an important and positive trend for potatoes in foo...

Henny Penny Corporation was named McDonald’s 2009 Worldwide Equipment Supplier of the Year at the restaurant franchisor’s global supplier meeting earlier this year. Henny Penny achieved the highest score in a supplier rating system called the Total Sup...

CKE Restaurants Inc. said late Wednesday that its shareholders approved the proposed $1 billion buyout by affiliates of Apollo Management VII LP.Valued at USD 1 billion, Apollo’s bid beat out an earlier offer valued at about $928 million by private-equ...

Functional Technologies Corp (TSX-V: FEB), a world leader in yeast research and development, today announced initial test results for bread made with its acrylamide-preventing yeast demonstrated reductions of acrylamide of approximately 90%.