News on Food Trends from Europe

The skyrocketing energy prices in 2022 are a huge challenge for potato growers. After all, ensuring good storage conditions in storage areas with the aid of fans and cooling installations costs a lot of electricity.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 159.3 points in March 2022, up 17.9 points (12.6 percent) from February, making a giant leap to a new highest level since its inception in 1990.

TOMRA Food has unveiled a new brand strategy that highlights the value it creates for customers and food production worldwide, spotlights the ambition it shares with customers

After 20 months of service as the first elected chairman of the NEPG, the Dutchman Jaap Botma from Friesland stopped as scheduled. Jaap was an arable farmer (seed potatoes, sugar beets, onions, cereals, …) for 28 years.

TOMRA, the global provider of advanced collection and sorting solutions, celebrated its 50th anniversary on 31st March. Each of the Group’s four divisions - Collection, Food, Recycling, and Mining – marked the milestone by declaring a collective mission for the future

The aim of the Südstärke sustainability report is to offer customers, suppliers, colleagues, shareholders, and site neighbors an insight into how they engage with nature and the environment.

Earlier today, McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski announced in an email to staff and franchisees that McDonald's will temporarily close its restaurants and pause operations in Russia.

Kiremko B.V. announced the issuance to it by the US Patent Office of a patent that covers a system for steam peeling of products having a skin. This unique concept is reflected in the steam peeling vessel of the market-leading Strata Invicta® steam peeler

The European Potato Processors’ Association (EUPPA) released a special report highlighting progress made in recent years by the sector across key areas of environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

David Fousert, CEO of Royal Avebe, and Avebe member Erik Emmens from Zeijen sign the contract for the purchase of Guarantees of Origin (GoOs). With these GoOs, Avebe obtains certificates that further green Avebe's electricity consumption.

La empresa vallisoletana y el reconocido chef donostiarra colaborarán para elevar la posición de la patata mostrando su capacidad nutricional y culinaria.

Matthias Jeindl, CEO and founder of Insort, and Ton Hendrickx, General Sales Manager of Kiremko, are both convinced of the increasing importance of data in potato processing. And their two companies will jointly implement the opportunities this offers.

Innovations in new products, services, and applications resulted in even stronger market positions of the global technology company Bühler. The company grew order intake by 16%, to more than CHF 3 billion (about USD 3,26 million).

TOMRA Processed Food division in TOMRA Food has made four new senior appointments as part of a category-focused, customer-centric drive to provide even better sorting solutions and technical support.

A través de esta alianza buscan alcanzar un mayor acceso a mercados comunitarios, así como desarrollar estrategias globales para aumentar la cuota de mercado. Supone un paso clave para la expansión internacional de Patatas Meléndez.

The released Frozen Food Report shows that retail frozen food sales in the United Kingdom have grown by 13.5%, compared to pre-pandemic levels, suggesting that consumers have truly fallen back in love with their freezers.

The potato is the third-largest food crop in the world and therefore an important part of our diet. Meijer Potato believes that everybody deserves to enjoy food.

PepsiCo will work to build a circular economy for flexible packaging in Europe through design, infrastructure and giving packaging materials a new life, as part of its wider pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) ambition.