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McDonald's reportó un incremento de 4.9% en las ventas de abril en restaurantes con más de un año de operaciones, aunque el ritmo de las ventas en Estados Unidos y Europa, sus mayores mercados, se desaceleró respecto de marzo. Las ventas en restaurant...

Frymaster® celebrates 75 years of commercial foodservice equipment innovation and industry leadership. In 1935, the first Frymaster fryer was built by company founder P.F. Ratcliff incorporating cutting edge technologies such as open frypot design, cen...

Robert J. Shearer, President and CEO of Shearer's Foods Inc., will give the commencement address at Lake Erie College as 181 students graduate in the 151st class on Sunday, May 9 at 11:00 a.m. in the Auxiliary Gym of the Jerome T. Osborne Family Athlet...

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board said it is disappointed that Cavendish Farms is appealing a new mediation and arbitration rule put in place this year. Under the Potato Board order, contracts must be worked out between Island potato processing p...

Snack brand Golden Wonder is set to launch a six-figure marketing campaign to boost the brand across Scotland after what the company says has been a year of substantial growth. The integrated £500,000 campaign represents the first significant marke...

McCain Foods is laying off about 10 per cent of its workforce in Portage la Prairie this fall and Manitoba potato producers are expecting a leaner crop year.About 40 people out of a workforce of about 400 at McCain's in Portage are expected to be laid ...

Freeing stream beds from aggressive Himalayan blackberries and planting native vegetation, the Kettle Brand® is marking National Wetlands Month by restoring an additional wildlife habitat in its Oregon backyard. A long-time steward of federally design...

Científicos del Servicio de Investigación Agrícola (ARS) en Dakota del Norte están evaluando la capacidad de nuevas variedades de patata de tolerar el almacenamiento a largo plazo.

For a long time Finland had no native potato chip manufacturers. So when a group of entrepreneurs with a high yielding potato farm selling French fries and other potato products were looking for a new way to sell their produce, the market was wide open...

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in North Dakota are evaluating the storage properties of promising new potato varieties that could greatly improve potato quality for growers throughout the United States.

Potato farmers selling potatoes to McCain Foods have seen their contract improved after going to arbitration.The farmers had complained McCain's offer price was not even close to what Cavendish Farms is giving its farmers. The issue went to arbitration...

Potatoes are America’s number one vegetable crop. Per capita, Americans consume about 130 pounds annually.