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The National Potato Council’s successful fight to return potatoes to school menu guidelines in the US was a victory for the industry, but executive vice-president and chief executive officer John Keeling isn’t stopping there.

Burts Potato Chips directors Nick Hurst and Jonty White have sold their stakes in the UK crisp firm.

En marzo del año pasado, una delegación de la Asociación Brasilera de Batata (ABBA), integrada por productores, representantes de empresas, académicos e investigadores, viajó a la Región de los Lagos para visitar el Centro Nacional de la Papa en Inia R...

There's some dispute about where and when it all started, but Christos Kamenides, genial professor of agricultural marketing at the University of Thessaloniki, is pretty confident he and his students have made sure 'the potato movement' is not about to stop any time soon.

McDonald’s, the fast-food giant associated more with the smell of french fries than fresh pastries, is expanding its breakfast line at the chain’s New England restaurants to include baked goods, taking aim at a market segment dominated by Canton-based ...

Snack food industry executives from across the United States and 38 countries around the world are in Phoenix, AZ this weekend. They are visiting the Snack Food Association's 2012 SNAXPO exposition and conference, attending educational sessions focusin...

Wageningen UR ontwikkelt een milieuvriendelijke aardappel met resistentiegenen tegen de agressieve aardappelziekte. Het is onduidelijk of de introductie van deze aardappel kans van slagen heeft in het technofobe Europa. Goede kans dat-ie straks in Chin...

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. Voor...

At Snaxpo 2012, SymphonyIRI's snacking expert, Sally Lyons Wyatt, will discuss the snack food industry's performance in 2011 and present the latest industry trends, up-to-date snack food sales data, and consumer insights for major snack food categories...

Burger King Corp. is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with free fries for everyone in America! (US Only!) On Saturday, March 17th and Sunday, March 18th, customers can stop in at participating BURGER KING® restaurants to celebrate the luck of the Irish w...

Filsorb XP20, a new oil-purifying additive reduces operating costs and is now available to the North American snack food market. The patent-pending formula developed by Crystal Filtration has been proven to clean cooking oil and lower free fatty acids...

Private equity firms Blackstone Group LP and PAI Partners SAS have appointed Credit Suisse Group to work on a potential sale of the salty snacks arm of their cakes-to-peanuts business United Biscuits Ltd. in a process that could fetch as much as £500 m...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and PK Trading Inc. are warning people with allergies to milk or soy not to consume the Frito Lay Cheetos products described below. The affected products contain milk and soy which are not declared on the labe...

The U.S. Potato Board’s annual meeting March 15 started off on with some good news from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Bob Keeney, deputy administrator of fruit and vegetable programs for the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service gave the board, ...

Consumers in the United States are snacking significantly more now than they were just two years ago. Almost half (48 percent) of consumers polled say they’re now snacking at least twice a day, compared to 25 percent in 2010.

Despite ongoing economic difficulties, new product activity in the global snackfoods industry appears to be continuing unabated. Launch numbers recorded by Innova Market Insights showed a strong double-digit increase in 2011. Savory and salty snacks ac...

McDonald's just announced its 2012 Best of Sustainable Supply Chain winners by highlighting 51 stories of supply chain partners addressing challenges to help improve food sources, the environment, communities and employee wellness across the world. Man...

Russet potatoes still dominate markets, but specialties are gaining.