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International food and agribusiness leader J. R. Simplot Company and leading emissions reduction project developer and offset marketer, Blue Source LLC, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance to assist American farmers interested in enga...

Burger King Holdings Inc., the second-largest U.S. hamburger seller, said first-quarter earnings declined 6.4 percent as sales in the U.S. and Latin America dropped. Net income fell to $46.6 million, or 34 cents a share, from $49.8 million, or 36 cents...

Simplot Australia announced today it is to enter the Australasian ready meals market through a combined license and acquisition arrangement with Nestlé Australia. Simplot Australia will licence the leading frozen meals brand Lean Cuisine and Maggi fr...

Australian potato growers are fuming at Woolworths' importation of its "home brand"french fries from the Netherlands. A grower, who did not wish to be named, said Woolworths was "notorious"for overlooking Australian growers to sourc...

It's common knowledge that consumers have been trying to economize in the past year. But where have they been focusing their efforts at austerity? Inquiring about specific money-saving steps respondents may or may not have taken in past six months, a n...

Unilever has long been committed to clear, transparent nutritional information for consumers, and therefore welcomes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announced plans to develop standardized criteria on which future front-of-package nutriti...

A delegation of people representing P.E.I.'s potato industry returned this week from a trade mission to Algeria, hopeful about re-establishing markets for their products in that African country. Greg Donald, general manager of the P.E.I. Potato Board,...

An industry-funded food labeling program was halted on Friday just days after U.S. officials warned they were investigating if nutrition claims on the front of packages were misleading.The Smart Choices Program said it would "voluntarily postpone ...

In a report published today, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has shown that intake of trans fatty acids (TFAs) from manufactured sources has declined in the Australian and New Zealand population by 25-40% since 2007. FSANZ Chief Scientist...

Organisers of last month's annual PPMA Show said that the "green shoots of economic recovery were in evidence"at the event, with many exhibitors reporting sales and high levels of enquiries. Ishida Europe said it achieved its leads target w...

McDonald's Corporation today announced strong results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009, fueled by positive comparable sales in every area of the world. In constant currencies, the Company posted higher revenues, operating income and earni...

Carl E. Lee, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Snyder’s of Hanover, recently announced the company’s intention to acquire Utz Quality Foods, Inc., pending clearance from the Federal Trade Commission.“We are pleased to announce that two mark...

Business, government, and conservation interests gathered at the McCain Foods (Canada) plant in Carberry today to celebrate a remarkable achievement. A former wastewater lagoon that for years had been devoid of wildlife, has been revitalized.

To drive menu innovation in America's leading restaurant chains, the U.S. Potato Board is conducting a seminar series at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone.This year's seminar, held from September 27 to 29, attracted 15 of the nation's most...

After posting another quarter of positive sales trends and profit growth, McDonald’s Corp. said October could be the month when its momentum finally falters in the face of the U.S. recession.Chief executive Jim Skinner said domestic same-store sales fo...

Calbee Japan recently launched a purple version of their popular Jagabee potato snack. The Jagabee snacks are a formed potato stick sold in a cup and designed to fit a car cup holder. With the dough for the snacks being made from US potatoes at a joint...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Oct. 20 that it would seek to clear up the confusion caused by a surge of nutritional claims that manufacturers have begun to make on packaged food labels. Point of purchase labeling including Front of P...

Is the broad-based discount strategy that many large chain supermarkets have employed to draw in business and increase purchases a good strategy?.The Lempert Report believes that by proclaiming price cuts on thousands of items, chains run the risk of u...