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The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNAK) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 27, 2008. Net revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 were $29.8 million, representing an increase of 17.5% compared to the third quart...

The global downturn is pushing consumers to Burger King's  stores in search of cheaper dining, but the company is worried that a prolonged credit crunch could hurt its franchisees' borrowing ability. "In the short run, we've been somewhat of a ben...

According to data of the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan, as of October 1, 2008, 1.27 mln tonnes of potatoes and 1.137 mln tonnes of vegetables were harvested.

Egypt may already have the magic ingredient to ease the pressures of a growing population and rising food prices: the Potato.In Egypt, those who know potatoes say that the lowly, oft-mocked crop could feed the hungry and pump cash into the economy. Big...

Keystone Potato Products is committed to sustainability: In 2000, co-op members began looking at building a dehydrated potato processing facility in Pennsylvania – which would be the first dehy plant on the East Coast. A local plant would provide a ma...

A property at Thorpdale, in West Gippsland, has been found to have potato cyst nematode (PCN) and a freeze has been put on potato trade from the area.John Hodgkin from the Thorpdale branch of the Victorian Farmers Federation says the Government has to ...

McCain Foods is axing 25 jobs in New Brunswick as part of a move to outsource accounting functions to India. The head of McCain Foods (Canada) says the outsourcing of the jobs is part of the company's efforts to become more competitive globally. The ...

So here it is, a PotatoPro Newsletter on 'McDonald's World Famous Fries' or MacFries as I will keep calling them in short. Yes, as far as I could figure out they were called MacFries, not McFries, even though Google gives more than twice as much hits on McFries than MacFries.

Op een paar “hoekjes” na zijn alle aardappelen in Nederland gerooid. Datzelfde geldt ook voor de ons omringende landen waar veel fritesaardappelen worden geteeld. De rooiperiode werd gekenmerkt door gunstige weersomstandigheden waardoor er weinig prob...

El Año Internacional de la Papa (AIP) se convierte en una oportunidad para impulsar y consolidar una serie de acciones alternativas para el sector de la papa en Ecuador, a través del fortalecimiento organizacional de los productores;de mejorar su gesti...

In a recently-completed survey of consumers, Chicago-based foodservice consultants Technomic, Inc. found that the financial market meltdown is likely to cause a high number (74 percent) of consumers to visit both quick- and full-service restaurants les...

Om in de toekomst de marktpositie te behouden, zullen bedrijven zich moeten bezighouden met Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen. Steeds meer wordt duidelijk dat bedrijven een maatschappelijke rol hebben. Maar hoe ga je daarmee om? Is dat vanuit ide...