Potato News from United Kingdom

July 03, 2014

One Voice Campaign Potato Council gaining momentum

Potato Council’s One Voice campaign is fast gaining momentum, with people from all sectors of industry getting involved and doing whatever they can to help spread positive messages about potatoes.

June 30, 2014

Tavern Crisps get new packaging design

The packaging for Tavern Snack’s crisps was redesigned by Greenwich Design, giving a more focused, adventurous, modern style to the range.

June 29, 2014

UK: Shropshire potato producers host leading technical event

The West Midlands Potato Day attracted a good crowd of industry visitors on 19 June when potato grower Jonathan Bubb of J.M. Bubb & Sons hosted Potato Council’s technical field day at Lynn South Farm, Newport, Shropshire, where they grow around 400 acres of potatoes.

June 27, 2014

Greenvale Growers Group Appoints John Rix as New Chairman

Vales Produce Growers , the Greenvale potato grower group, has appointed John Rix as their new Chairman.

June 26, 2014

UK Consumers eat less potatoes, but this is not a conscious decision

In the United Kingdom the value of fresh potato category is growing with a 3.8% rise over the last year, while the volume of fresh potatoes sold has dropped by 8.0%. The Potato Council is figuring out what can be done about it.

June 16, 2014

PepsiCo UK launches premium Walkers Market Deli range

Walkers, the number one UK brand in the crisps, snacks and nuts category , is creating excitement with the launch of new Walkers Market Deli – an innovative range of pita, tortilla and classic potato chips that aims to bring home the variety of flavours from across Europe and the UK.

June 16, 2014

Seabrook Straight Cut Crisps relaunch after popular demand

Seabrook Crisps is launching a range of Straight Cut crisps into the Impulse channel following demand from fans to bring back the format, which was last on the shelves a decade ago

June 15, 2014

McCain Foods GB sponsors 2014 Tour de France

McCain Foods GB will be and official supplier of Tour de France 2014, which starts with an opening stage in Yorkshire.

June 13, 2014

Herbert invests in state-of-the-art Laser Cutter

Herbert Engineering, market leaders in handling systems for the agricultural, fresh pack and process industries, has invested in a new state-of-the-art laser cutting machine to increase manufacturing efficiencies and produce highly accurate component parts.

Sporangia of P. infestans: sporangium from which a zoospore is germinating. (photo: B. G. Turgeon; Cornell University)

June 11, 2014

Breakthrough in understanding swarming potato blight spores

Researchers at the Universities of Dundee and Aberdeen have made a breakthrough in understanding how the microbial spores which cause potato blight are so effective at infecting plants.

June 11, 2014

Freshly harvested Scottish Potatoes at Tesco

Summer is the perfect season for a laidback lunch in the sun and what could be a better accompaniment for a BBQ or al fresco dining than a bowl of tasty, fresh new potatoes. This summer treat yourself to the freshest and best with Freshly harvested Ayrshire and East Lothian Potatoes available from Tesco stores in Scotland.

Tracy Mattock, Marketing Manager (left) and Kate Wright, Category Insight Manager (right)

June 10, 2014

Greenvale Adds some Girl Power to Strengthen its Customer Understanding

Leading UK potato supplier, Greenvale is strengthening its marketing team with the appointment of two new members of staff, Tracey Mattock who takes on the role of Marketing Manager, and Kate Wright who is the new Category Insight Manager.

June 10, 2014

Potato Blight warning issued in Northern Ireland

In Northern Ireland, the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute and CAFRE, Greenmount Campus has issued the first potato blight warning for 2014.

June 08, 2014

Tong Peal appoints new after sales manager

Tong Peal has appointed Ian Evison in a newly created after sales position at its national headquarters.

May 28, 2014

Modern cooks too lazy to peel a potato?

Modern cooks too lazy to peel a potato - leaving a farmer losing £70 on every tonne of spuds he grows

Oculus potato sorter boosts new features

May 27, 2014

New Features add to appeal of Herbert Oculus Sorter

Herbert Engineering has added significant new features to their Oculus optical sorter, which will enable growers and packers to achieve superior quality product with increased accuracy in the detection of defects tubers.

May 23, 2014

Herbert Variclean helps potato growers in hard winter conditions

The newly introduced Variclean from Herbert Engineering has eased the problem of lifting in heavy conditions for many potato growers over the past two winters.

May 22, 2014

Tong Peal showcases latest Caretaker Potato Sorter at Cereals 2014

Tong Peal, the UK’s leading designer and manufacturer of agricultural handling and grading equipment, will be showcasing the latest version of its market-leading Caretaker (potato) grader at Cereals 2014.