Potato News

De aardappelmarkt is momenteel in een negatieve spiraal beland waarbij de verschillende belanghebbenden zich afvragen wanneer het laagste punt wordt bereikt. De uitermate flauwe stemming is goed terug te zien aan de relatief grote daling op de handelsb...

Snack manufacturers Boots and Walkers are now focusing on locally sourced ingredients for certain product ranges, as scrutiny intensifies over food miles and their effect on the environment.Most companies are now aware that consumers are increasingly w...

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) today announced simple and unique packaging enhancements designed to help consumers make better-informed food choices to improve their diet and health. The new nutrition guide, designed by ConAgra Foods, will be feature...

The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNAK) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 29, 2007. Fourth Quarter: Net Revenues for the Fourth Quarter ended December 29, 2007 were $25.6 million, up 58.7% comp...

Firefighters in County Durham tackled a blaze in an industrial skip containing five tonnes of crisps.Crews were called to the Walkers Crisps factory in Stephenson Road, Peterlee, on Wednesday morning, following reports the waste products were "wel...

Soft drink and snack maker PepsiCo Inc plans to raise prices and reduce the size of some products this year to offset soaring commodity costs, but does not expect these measures to significantly hurt sales volume, a senior executive said on Wednesday. ...

A campaign to raise awareness about the humble spud couldn't have come at a better time for Ireland's beleaguered potato growers. A total of €300,000 has been invested in a national campaign by the Department of Agriculture, Bord Bia, Agri Award, Tea...

Key Technology announces the promotion of Tim Reardon to the new position of Potato Industry Marketing Manager. Reardon is responsible for planning and managing activities that enable potato processors worldwide to experience the greatest value in util...

McCain's commercial agriculture manager will attend an NFU potato event in Lancashire and give the region's spud growers a chance to supply the oven chip giant.   Richard Marcroft will give an overview of the processing sector and potential opportuniti...

McDonald’s has taken its lumps in the past for its high-calorie menu options, but now the fast feeder has become a textbook example of how to change with the times.For the first time, McDonald’s topped the “Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index ...

Fall potato stocks in Michigan on Feb. 1 were estimated at 6.2 million hundredweight (cwt), according to the USDA, NASS, Michigan Field Office. February's stocks represent 42% of the total production, up 35% from last year's 4.6 million cwt. Stocks by ...

On February 6, 2008, the Royal Gazette officially published a notification by the Department ofForeign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, December 26 which detailed import quota allocations for seed and table potatoes. The amount of the import quota totaled ...

De Nederlandse aardappelmarkt is flauw. 'Het loop wel, maar we kunnen het op onze sloffen aan' zegt Klaas Greydanus van Greydanus & Brouwer uit Heerenveen. De consumptie van aardappelen neemt af, en daardoor zakt de aanvoer ook telkens een beetje.

The food industry across Europe needs to make a big effort to reduce saturated fat in food regardless of whether national agencies set targets - and it should not wait around for governments to do all the awareness-raising with its consumers.   Last we...

P.E.I. potato farmers, as well as visitors from across the country, gathered at the Charlottetown Civic Centre over the weekend for the International Potato Technology Expo.More than a hundred booths, including everything from seed to harvesting, were ...

Indra Nooyi is an entirely different kind of CEO, a product of her native India as well as of PepsiCo's family-values approach to grooming CEOs. She is not hung up on pay. She's not shy about asking for help when she needs it.   She's 52 years old an...

A recent survey of executive opinions on climate change found that the majority regard it as a strategically important issue - but more than a third said it is seldom or never considered when actually developing strategy.   The survey, conducted by the...

The Amflora potato looks like any garden-variety spud, but it has been genetically modified by the German chemical giant BASF to be unusually rich in starch. It also has aroused concerns that sick people and the elderly could become more vulnerable to...