News On French Fries and Potato Specialties from Northern America

Luxury Appliance Supplier Dacor is responsible for many industry firsts, including the 30"Self-Cleaning Pure Convection™ Wall Oven, which set the standard for this built-in appliance category. The Discovery™ 30"Wall Oven represents Dacor's...

J.R. Simplot continues its expansion in the agribusiness sector with another acquisition. This time Simplot acquired Scootney Springs Seed.

ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb., in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is voluntarily recalling a limited number of packages of its Andy Capp’s Hot Fries flavor product that may contain the Andy Capp’s Cheddar Fries flavor, and, th...

Bacon Cheddar Potato Wedges are back on the menu at Jack in the Box®! The savory spuds returned to the menu today thanks to an effective online campaign waged by fervent fans who took to social media to lament the loss of their favorite side item.

As a result of attending the regional Mashed Potato Seminar in Singapore in October 2012, the chef from the Royale Chulan Hotel, a five-star hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, introduced a “Mashed Potato with Truffle Oil” on the hotel’s café menu as a ne...

United States Potato Processors used less potatoes so far this season, compared to the same period last year. The amount of potatoes in stock at December 1, 2012, was up 11 percent compared with last year.

United States exports of frozen potato products to all markets grew 11% by volume and 16% by value for the first quarter (July-September) of MY2012/13.

As deals go, it was small potatoes, but the $60-million sale of an Alberta processing plant signals a new stage in the long-running French-fry fracas between New Brunswick’s McCain and Irving families.

Cavendish Farms announced today it had concluded an agreement to buy the assets of Maple Leaf Potatoes, the frozen potato business of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., including a 142,000 sq. ft. processing facility in Lethbridge, Alberta.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. and Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. today announced that the boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive agreement under which ConAgra Foods will acquire Ralcorp

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston is celebrating 50 years of making foods that people love at its operation in Twin Falls. The plant opened in 1962 – an early entrant into the frozen french fry business.

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE:CAG) announced today an estimated $200 million expansion of its Lamb Weston frozen potato facility in Boardman, Ore. This strategic investment will add a new line to the plant – increasing capacity for making french fries and...

In the latest installment of its transparency campaign, McDonald's has released a video to try and convince skeptical Canadians that its famous french fries are indeed made out of real potatoes.

J.R. Simplot Co. has embraced energy efficiency as a core business value. The Idaho food, fertilizer and chemical company has dramatically reduced its use of electricity and natural gas, saving millions of dollars annually. Simplot, which has 10,000 e...

Potato processor Idahoan Foods will receive up to $240,000 from the Idaho Department of Labor Workforce Development Training Fund to train 60 new workers at its Idaho Falls plant. The Idaho Department of Labor’s commitment averaging $4,000 per new emp...

Un vídeo de la sede canadiense de la multinacional muestra como hacen la guarnición con la que acompañan sus hamburguesas. McDonalds ha lanzado nuevo vídeo para explicar como fabrican sus famosas patatas fritas. Dentro de la campaña que está llevando ...

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston in Hermiston celebrated a company milestone on Monday celebrating forty years of making french fries and other foods.

The Wendy's QSR chain is going through a transformation and in a press release last week, the company is going to great length to stress all the changes that are going on. Wendy's also anounced a very visible change the brand will undergo, a new logo w...