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Rosenqvists, a Swedish supplier of machines to the food industry, is teaming up with a group of experts, to create complete and value-added solutions for the food industry. The focus is on processing lines for chips, snacks and French fries.The company...

McCain Foods USA announced to employees this morning that it will eliminate approximately 126 hourly and salaried jobs at its Fort Atkinson facility during the next three months.The cuts are the result of production realignments at its appetizer plants...

Consumers are being let in on a secret: ConAgra Foods is the face behind the brands they’ve had on their shopping lists for years. The company revealed a new brand identity today that highlights the tremendous appeal of its products to consumers-- the ...

Peruvians are celebrating the National Potato Day this weekend with cultural activities, gastronomic festivals, exhibitions on Peru's potato diversity, and potato-based food contests hosted by Lima's renowned culinary schools. On Saturday, Peruvian ac...

Manitoba has had a relatively wet spring and according to Tom Gonsalves, business development specialist for potatoes with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI), all the moisture in the soil certainly has the potential to negatively ...

Adding low concentrations of vinegar to foods may enhance perception of saltiness and enable food manufacturers to cut salt content without affecting taste, according to new research from Japan. The World Health Organization recommends that per capita ...

In Nederland zijn consumenten gemiddeld 35% goedkoper uit als ze in de supermarkt alleen voor huismerken kiezen. Dat blijkt uit de nieuwste prijspeiling van de Consumentenbond. Nettorama is zowel bij de A-merken als met zijn huismerk (Perfekt) de goedk...

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) today announced a new agreement to co-locate the IFT Food Expo and FSPA’s Process Expo at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center beginning in July 18-2010.

The chair of the P.E.I. potato processing committee says growers are content to have reached a deal with Cavendish Farms for this year.Scott Howatt said Thursday growers accepted the first offer as they face what appears to be another difficult year.“W...

Costco Wholesale Corp. here said yesterday consumer packaged goods manufacturers are starting to reduce prices, possibly in reaction to rising private-label sales. According to Richard A. Galanti, executive vice president and chief financial officer, ...

In France, on the Island of Noirmoutier, they figured it out: they created a niche market for a specifically grown premier potato so exclusive that the potato ended up on this obscure list of the most expensive foods in the world: Voila, La Bonnotte.

De omzet in de cafetariabranche is het eerste kwartaal van 2009 gestegen met 1,5 procent ten opzichte van dezelfde periode een jaar geleden. De kwartaalomzet in de gehele Nederlandse horecabranche daalde hard met 6,1 procent.De gemiddelde omzetstijging...