Potato News from Northern America

Sobeys in Atlantic Canada has introduced a new colour-coded scheme in an attempt to market some Prince Edward Island potatoes.

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) will continue the co-location of the PROCESS EXPO and the International Dairy Show. Next exhibition will take place Sept 15-18, 2015 in Chicago.

TOMRA Sorting Solutions is highlighting the breadth of its market-leading sensor-based food systems at this year’s Process Expo, taking place until November 6 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

The Maine Potato Board has announced that Sara Corey of Monticello has been selected as the 2013 Young Farmer of the Year. Sara, 23, is the first woman to be chosen for this recognition and is also the youngest recipient of the honor.

One frosty night last February, designer Seul Bi Kim was walking home from McDonald’s with one hand frozen from holding her oversized soda and the and the other clutching a burger and fries that were getting soggier by the second.

Although a number of chain restaurants have announced healthy menu changes over the years, the overall calorie and sodium levels in main entrees offered by top U.S. chain restaurants assessed from 2010 to 2011 have remained the same, shows a study.

The smell of Mister Bee potato chips is again filling the air around the West Virginia Potato Chip Co. on West Virginia Avenue in Parkersburg.

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) announced the appointment of three new Commissioners who will each serve a three-year term: Peggy Grover, from BenchMark Potato in Rexburg, Ritchey Toevs, a grower residing in Aberdeen and Tommy Brown from Lamb Weston.

The world's largest snack maker is widening its own market by mixing sweet with salty in its snacks -- and is rolling out chocolate-covered Lay's Wavy chips for the holidays.

USPB has enlisted the help of Hungry Girl, the nationally recognized multimedia brand created by Lisa Lillien, which includes a popular web site, a free daily email service, eight bestselling books, a television series and countless other TV appearances.

Agriculture is eating into central Minnesota’s forests so aggressively that state regulators and a prominent legislator are sounding the alarm about threats to wildlife habitat and a large, sensitive aquifer that stretches below parts of four counties.

Jackson's Honest Chips, a family-owned business making gluten-free potato chips with organic potatoes, organic coconut oil and sea salt has been named one of 20 semi-finalists in the Intuit Small Business Big Game competition.

Key Technology introduces CleanBelt, a new clean-in-place (CIP) system for ADR® 5, the popular automatic defect removal system for potato strips.

The Red River Valley Potatoes was among the 1,000 companies exhibiting at the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Fresh Summit in New Orleans on October 19th and 20th.

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.

Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty food marketer and manufacturer, today announced that it has been named to Forbes magazine's "America's Best Small Companies"list for 2013.

With four tortilla chip ovens operating for three shifts, five days a week, Wyandot, Inc. saw an opportunity to utilize a vast supply of energy that had been going out the exhaust stacks.

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.