News On French Fries and Potato Specialties

Several construction workers could be found tearing down McCain Foods’s old french fry plant earlier this week. The company will open its new $65-million plant in Florenceville during the week of June 30, which is nearly two months ahead of schedule. ...

J.R. Simplot left home in 1923 at age 14 with four gold coins given to him by his mother. He ended his life as the spud king of America and one of the nation's richest men. The Idaho farmer, who dominated the state's business and political landscape ...

This profile of J.R. Simplot, inventor of the frozen french fry, was previously published in 1996. J.R Simplot died Sunday, May 25, 2008, at his home in Boise at the age of 99.

McCain Foods has launched its foodservice website, offering product support and advice to pubs.With a distinct section for pubs, the site at www.mccainfoodservice.co.uk helps to discover more about McCain products as well as offering menu inspirations.

Bij wijze van proef vaart twee keer per week een binnenvaartschip met vriescontainers van Bergen op Zoom naar Rotterdam. Het zijn containers met aardappelproducten van Lamb Weston Meijer in Kruiningen. Doel van de proef is het vrachtverkeer over de weg...

It's a sign of the times in the volatile food industry: Two big companies are pulling back on their offerings at the giant restaurant trade show coming to Chicago this weekend, while another is abandoning it altogether.Among them are two of the nation...

The takeover of potato products maker Mr Chips is inching towards certainty after more institutional shareholders agreed to accept Simplot Australia's impending takeover offer. Agreements with Balle Bros and Jon Davison gives food manufacturer Simplo...

Senator and Republican presidential candidate John McCain will address restaurant and foodservice professionals attending the 89th annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, May 17-20, 2008, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

A new fryer from global industry leader Frymaster, LLC offers the next generation in ultra-high performance commercial frying, combining oil savings and energy conservation with labor-saving technological features. Frymaster’s new Protector electric ...

On Thursday morning, officials at McCain Foods Ltd., announced it would move its marketing department  to Toronto, Ont.. The move will impact more than 20 jobs at the Florenceville plant, which employs 1,000 people in the region. A marketing departm...

Being an ex-refugee didn’t stop Dr Mai Tran from getting her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in chemical and material engineering. For her PhD thesis, Mrs Tran chose the humble spud;the subject of her main experiment was to reduce the oil content in potato...

The Swiss government has agreed to ease restrictions on the importation of potatoes following fears that Euro 2008 football fans could face a shortage of French fries next month. A spokesman for the country's department of agriculture told national ra...

Shares in potato chip maker Mr Chips soared 20 percent today as the company upgraded its end of year profit forecast. Mr Chips said it was expecting to make a net profit of around $5m for the year to March, up 80 percent on the previous year.

McCain Foods will close its Timaru vegetable plant, affecting 30 jobs. The company announced this morning it will close its small vegetable plant in early November, which is adjacent to the larger French fry facility. McCain Foods employs 240 staff a...

Minister voor Ondernemen en Vereenvoudigen Vincent Van Quickenborne wil duidelijkheid over de prijs van de frietzak. Hij vraagt de mededingingsautoriteit een vooronderzoek uit te voeren naar het prijsverschil tussen aardappelen en het pakje friet. Vor...

The next time you open a bag of potato chips, before you start crunching and munching, consider that you are holding a piece of Ohio's culinary and economic history in the palm of your hand. We didn't invent the potato chip here, but we embraced it wi...

The NZX looks set to have another bite taken out of it as potato products maker Mr Chips faces the prospect of a takeover. Food manufacturer Simplot Australia intends to delist Mr Chips if its takeover offer is successful. Majority shareholder Sincla...

Het eerste frietmuseum ter wereld in het Belgische Brugge opent op 1 mei haar deuren. In het museum worden meer dan vierhonderd objecten getoond die de geschiedenis van de aardappel en friet illustreren.   Het Frietmuseum komt in de Saaihallen in Bru...