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Farmers who grow potatoes that end up as french fries at McDonald's and other fast food restaurants have begun taking surveys about how they produce the crop.About a year ago, McDonald's bowed to pressure from activist shareholders and agreed to make a...

Safeway Inc. has been notified by Reser's Fine Foods that it has voluntarily recalled several products that may be contaminated with Salmonella. As a precautionary measure, Safeway is participating in the recall by voluntarily recalling the following p...

McCoy’s will be introducing two football-themed limited edition flavours. Chicken Winger and Sausage Striker, which will be available from April in 50g handy packs at an MRRP of 55p and will offer retailers something new to offer their customers over...

Americans love potatoes, consuming about 130 pounds per person annually.

CKE Restaurants Inc. reported mixed results for its two brands in February, with winter weather taking a toll at Hardee's but new products helping sales at Carl's Jr. Blended same-store sales fell 4.2 percent for the four weeks ended Feb. 22, compar...

Clextral, leading supplier of production lines and equipment for the food industry integrating twin screw extrusion and drying technologies, achieved a 45,3 million euro turnover in 2009 with its subsidiaries of which 80% is in export sales.

In haar telersvergaderingen van begin maart maakt HZPC een gemiddelde prognoseprijs voor pootaardappelen oogst 2009 bekend van € 20,50 per 100 kg excl. BTW. De prognoseprijs heeft betrekking op de klasse E, maat 28/55 van de rassen in poolverband getee...

Researchers are developing new potato varieties that resist attacks by pests and diseases. There are even potatoes developed to resist pests in specific geographical areas. At the same time scientists are developing colored potatoes, which consumers pr...

EMSLAND GROUP welcomes the approval of Amflora by the European Commission. Cultivation of genetic modified crops will be an important prerequisite to secure long term competitiveness for the European potato starch industry.The Amflora registration proc...

Restaurant visit losses in each of the four quarters of 2009 contributed to a -3 percent decline for the year compared to a year ago, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. NPD’s foodservice market research reports that due to ...

During the next two weeks HZPC will be meeting with seed potato growers. The company will announce a forecast price for seed potatoes crop 2009 of € 20.50 per 100 kg, excl. VAT. This price is for the class E, the size 28/55 mm for varieties grown in th...

The European Commission’s approval of BASF’s GM Amflora potato for cultivation in the EU could mark the end of European deadlock over genetic modification, and has been celebrated and decried with equal measure by commentators on both sides of the deba...