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An estimated 80 per cent of the potato crop from Western P.E.I. is already in storage, says Bill MacKendrick from the West Prince Department of Agriculture office.

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) today announced strong results for the third quarter driven by growth across all areas of the world.

McDonald's Corp. plans to raise menu prices to blunt higher costs, including what would be its first such increase in the U.S. in more than a year—a time when the burger chain's sales have thrived amid lower prices.

Si fueras productor de un tipo de comida, ¿cuál sería la mejor forma en que pudieras demostrar al público su valor nutritivo? Por supuesto alimentándote de ella… aunque tal vez a Chris Voigt se le pasó un poco la mano. Este Director Ejecutivo de la Co...

Potato growers are fighting back against efforts to ban or limit potatoes in federal child nutrition programs, arguing the tuber is loaded with potassium and vitamin C and shouldn't be considered junk food.

In the United Kingdom, potato values fell in the week to 15 October as better weather boosted availability and lower value supplies dominated sales.

PepsiCo anunció hoy sus planes para implementar una nueva tecnología de agricultura de precisión a nivel mundial. La herramienta basada en web, que fue desarrollada por PepsiCo en conjunto con la Universidad de Cambridge (Reino Unido), es un sistema de...

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) launched the newest installment of its award-winning, “Comic Book” advertising campaign featuring a brand new cast of characters, The Idaho® Potato Field Force.

PepsiCo today announced plans to roll-out its new i-crop farming technology on a global basis.

In the U.S., quick-serve operators are scrambling to figure out how they'll abide by the menu-labeling mandate requiring calorie counts be posted on menuboards.

Rain has hampered harvesting progress for potato growers in many regions in the United Kingdom

Rising commodity prices and lingering consumer uncertainty have been eating away at food companies' margins

Food and Farming Minister Jim Paice today welcomed the first Potato Day (Thursday 14 October), which marks the start of the new campaign ‘many faces of potatoes’

Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.) and Zip-Pak will showcase the Zipbox™ at PACK EXPO International 2010

Provincial and federal officials are seeking assurances from McCain Foods Canada as dwindling production and reduced shifts at its Borden Carleton facility have sparked worries

With 80 percent to 85 percent of the estimated 55,000 acres of Aroostook County potatoes out of the ground, officials with the Maine Potato Board said Thursday that growers are seeing average yields of high-quality potatoes this year.

Shares in the company that runs Wendy's and Arby's restaurants jumped sharply Thursday on rumors of yet another high-profile buyout in the works.