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Frito-Lay is embarking on an ambitious plan to change the way its Casa Grande factory operates, and in the process, create a new type of snack: the environmentally benign chip. Goal is to take the Casa Grande plant off the power grid, or nearly so, a...

Hoping to lure health-conscious consumers, Frito-Lay plans to introduce a line of premium nuts and baked crackers, the snack-maker's parent company said Wednesday.   True North, a line of nuts, nut clusters and chips made of nuts, will launch in the ...

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston officially marked the completion of an 85,000-square-foot expansion of its potato processing plant in Pasco, Wash., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by company officials as well as local and state dignitaries. Lamb We...

Key Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTEC) today announced sales and operating results for the year ended September 30, 2007. Net sales for fiscal 2007 were $107.5 million, a 26.8% increase over the $84.8 million reported for fiscal 2006. The Company report...

As if the fat and salt content weren’t enough, people eating a bag of Walkers crisps since April have also had to consider a label explaining the amount of carbon emitted to create and deliver the product. Steve John, head of corporate communications ...

Calbee Foods Co. has partnered with R.D. Offutt Co., the largest potato grower in the U.S., to establish a large and stable supply of potatoes for its snack foods, especially for its strategic new product Jagabee, The Nikkei reported in its Wednesday m...

PepsiCo Inc said on Wednesday it is on track to meet its full-year earnings forecast, less than 10 days after it announced it would reorganize itself into three business units.

Starch group AVEBE has concluded the financial year 2006/2007 with a net profit of EUR 25.2 million.  These results are reflected in the annual report that AVEBE is sending at the end of this month to the cooperative members.  “The 2006/2007 annual ...

More than 90 percent of Americans surveyed are quick to identify high blood pressure as one of their biggest health concerns related to sodium intake. However, according to a recent survey conducted by Orville Redenbacher's(R) Gourmet(R) Popping Corn(1...

A group led by William Foley, chairman of Fidelity National Financial Inc., has decided not to submit a bid for Wendy's International Inc., according to a person familiar with the situation.Bids for the hamburger chain were due at 5 p.m. Eastern time y...

The Metro Group has upped the ante in Europe's move toward using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, completing the roll out of its use to 180 additional stores and warehouses in Germany.RFID technology is helping to transform logistics b...

De Belgische diepvriesgroenteproducent Pinguin heeft maandag zijn kapitaalronde, die op 29 oktober van start ging, "succesvol"afgerond. Volgens financieel directeur Steven D'Haene werd er 45,49 miljoen euro opgehaald. Dat is iets minder dan h...