News On French Fries and Potato Specialties from Northern America

According to the St. Louis Business Journal, J.R. Simplot and Benson Hill are to launch a pilot to improve the photosynthetic efficiency of the potato crop

The Potato Marketing Association of North America held a special spring meeting this past week in Las Vegas, NV to discuss progress on the 2014 pre-season potato contract negotiations.

McCain Foods CIO Roman Coba reports on the developments in McCain's Business Intelligence tools

Key Technology announces the availability of its powerful potato strips Sort-to-Grade™ feature for all belt-driven G6 optical sorters – Manta®, Optyx®, and Tegra®.

The National Restaurant Association’s annual What’s Hot culinary forecast predicts menu trends for the coming year. For 2014, the NRA surveyed nearly 1,300 professional chefs to find out what the hottest menu trends will be.

McDonald's is being sucked into the vortex of bickering and conspiracy theories that has, unfortunately, become the debate over genetically engineered food products.

No matter how you slice it, dice it or cook it, the humble potato has an almost revered place on Canadian restaurant menus.

A number of southwestern Idaho communities are bracing for the planned closure of three Simplot plants.

The FDA has published a draft guidance for industry on Acrylamide in Foods. The guidance is being distributed for comment purposes only.

Cavendish Farms has confirmed it is laying off 60 people from its plant in New Annan, P.E.I.

SONIC® Drive-In announced the launch of its new Natural-Cut Fries. Made from whole russet potatoes, the new natural-cut, ‘skin-on' fry offers guests a higher quality fry with a crispy crunch to delight the senses.

McDonald's this week confirmed that it has started the process of moving to other vendors, following the appointment of former Burger King Worldwide CEO Bernardo Hees to run Pittsburgh-based H.J. Heinz Co.

Burger King says it's attracting more customers with its new lower-calorie fries but is being careful not to call them a home run yet.

Two new studies presented by ConAgra Foods at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' 2013 Food &Nutrition Conference &Expo™ show that choosing foods with more volume, like egg whites and popcorn, can be an effective strategy to avoid excess ca...

Burger King’s latest efforts to improve its perception among health-focused consumers has been successful so far and could have more staying power than similar efforts from McDonald’s, according to industry watchers.

McCain Foods USA announced the launch of WISE FRIES™ with the new proprietary WISE FRIES™ batter recipe that keeps just enough oil on the outside for great taste and crispness while maintaining the great potato flavor inside.

After all the attention that has been paid to cars' cupholders over the years, finally a fast-food chain has figured out that it can hold food, not just beverages.

Burger King Canada today announced the launch of new GRATIFRIES™, great tasting crinkle-cut fries with 40% less fat1 than the competition. BURGER KING® is the first quick service restaurant in Canada to offer a reduced fat French fry with only 6 grams ...