Potato News

Burger King Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it will use the "strong and consistent cash flow"it expects this fiscal year for plans such as share repurchases, debt retirement and the payment of its dividend. The world's No. 2 hamburger chain al...

Wendy's International Inc. has agreed to let a major shareholder have access to crucial information about the third-largest hamburger chain so he can decide whether to bid for the company. Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz has said his company, Triarc...

Heat and Control said its Breaded Products Fryer is designed to heat the oil outside of the pan.Instead of crowding the heating elements into the fryer pan, oil is heated by an external heat exchanger and continuously circulated through the fryer and ...

ITC Food’s Bingo is once again using the popular ‘Great Combination’ humour platform for its newly launched ‘Red Chilli Bijli’ flavour potato chips. With its previous campaigns having generated a huge buzz around the brand name, ITC Food has decided t...

Mr Skinner has masterminded a comeback at McDonald's. The global restaurant chain lost customers in the late 1990s and early 2000s as it focused on expansion at the expense of the quality of its food and service.   A fast talker who likes to use his ha...

Boston Market Corp. gained a new president and CEO Monday as private-investment firm Sun Capital Partners Inc completed its acquisition of the restaurant chain from McDonald's Corp. Richard K. "Rick"Arras was named president and CEO of Gol...

Job growth in the Columbia Basin is creating a demand for workers at McCain Foods in Othello, forcing the international potato processor and other companies to vie for a small group of available shift workers. So McCain is turning to community groups ...

Reducing fat intake continues to be the main priority of consumers looking to improve their diets, according to a new report from market analyst Datamonitor.The new report, Moderation and Avoidance Trends in Food and Drinks: Implications for 'Better-Fo...

Comparable-store sales for Burger King Holdings Inc. rose 3.4 percent for the 2007 fiscal year ended June 30. The company reported worldwide comparable sales increased 4.4 percent for the fourth quarter, making it the 14th consecutive quarter of posit...

De Europese Commissie is akkoord met de overname van bedrijfsonderdelen van zoetstoffenfabrikant Tate &Lyle door het Franse Syral. Syral is actief in de productie van en de handel in zoetstoffen en bijproducten van mais en tarwe. Syral is eigendo...

Om kwart over één vannacht, woensdag 22 augustus, meldde een medewerker van het bedrijf Aviko/Rixona in Warffum (productie aardappelgranules) dat er brand was uitgebroken. De brand bleek te woeden in de productie-installatie. De inzet van de brandweer ...

De specialist in diepvriesgroenten Pinguin heeft over het boekjaar 2006/07 voor het eerst sinds 2002 weer winst geboekt op jaarbasis. Pinguin plant in oktober een kapitaalverhoging van 65 miljoen euro. Het in Westrozebeke gevestigde bedrijf boekte een ...

Tasmanian potato growers have won an average $30 a tonne price rise for next season from processor McCain Foods. The company also wants an extra 30,000 tonnes of Tasmanian spuds to make up for expected shortfalls in Victoria because of the drought.

THE extent of losses to the 2007 potato crop from flood, waterlogging and blight is provisionally estimated at 3,300 hectares (2.6 per cent of total plantings). Hardest hit areas are from Herefordshire and Shropshire, across to Nottinghamshire and N...

  Lamb Weston will get another three months to decide whether it wants to buy a tract of land at Richland's Columbia Point. The city started talks with ConAgra subsidiary Lamb Weston in late 2006 on a $10,000, four-month purchase option for a 7.7-acre...

The company Frito Lay-Venezuela did not get permission of the Venezuelan government to import 5000 tons of potatoes (variety R-12 Diacol Capiro Industrial) for its industry. Venezuelan authorities argue that the company should use domestic potatoes for...

Leading food starch firm National Starch could be up for a change in ownership, following news of a possible takeover of its parent company Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI).Great Britain-based ICI, which is active in the coatings, adhesives, starch ...

Worried McCain workers have told of their anguish after the company revealed plans to axe up to 120 jobs at its Wombourne chip factory. Staff were left stunned after being told on Monday that French fry production at the factory, which employs 240 pe...