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一月 17, 2012

ConAgra Foods Agrees to Acquire Del Monte Canada

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Toronto-based Del Monte Canada Inc., a leading provider and marketer of packaged fruits, fruit snacks and vegetables in Canada, from an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners. Th...

十二月 19, 2011

McCain Foods launches McCain Menu Advantage

To help Canadian foodservice operators and distributors succeed in a highly competitive market, McCain Foods (Canada) has launched McCain Menu Advantage

十二月 05, 2011

Maureen Storey wants potato facts, not opinions

Maureen Storey wants doctors, dieticians and nutritionists singing the praises of potatoes. Storey heads the Alliance for Potato Research and Education (APRE) that was formed about one year ago in the US to combat the decline in potato consumption.

十二月 02, 2011

PEI Potato growers positive about prices

Growers at the P.E.I. Potato Board's annual meeting Friday December 2 said they are feeling optimistic about the prices they will get for their potatoes this year. The prices so far are reasonable, but not high yet, said Gary Linkletter, the board's c...

十一月 28, 2011

PEI Potato Board Annual General Meeting held December 2

The theme for the Prince Edward Island Potato Board's 2011 annual general meeting is "Connecting with the consumer". Scheduled for Dec. 2, 2011, all are invited to attend to understand the business of Prince Edward Island Potatoes. The one d...

十一月 24, 2011

Canadian researchers looking for new ways to combat wireworm

Researchers on P.E.I. and in Alberta are looking for new ways to kill wireworms before the larvae destroy farmer's crops. Christine Norohna from Agriculture Canada has already done some research using buckwheat and brown mustard as rotation crops. She...

十一月 24, 2011

Canada's Health ministers meet to try to shake up food salt content

The debate over whether food companies should be outed for failing to reduce sodium in their products is on the table at a two-day meeting of provincial and territorial health ministers that starts Thursday November 24 in Halifax. As Health Minister L...

十一月 17, 2011

Potato Recipes, the ultimate collection

At a time when a record number of people are looking for potato recipes - mainly due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States where (sweet) potato plays a star role - we thought: Why not create the “Ultimate Potato Recipe Collection”?

十一月 14, 2011

Functional Technologies Announces Next Generation Acrylamide-Preventing Yeast Technology

Functional Technologies Corp. is pleased to report the development of a third (3rd) generation of its proprietary acrylamide-preventing (AP) yeast platform, wherein various improvements made to the Company's original underlying AP technology have enabl...

十月 26, 2011

Wendy's opens first redesigned restaurant in Canada

Beginning today, Wendy's customers in Etobicoke, ON will have the opportunity to try new menu items in an ultra modern setting as the company opens one of four new concept stores to be tested in North America. It is the first Canadian concept store fo...

十月 14, 2011

Manitoba Potato Harvest wrapping up

Potato harvest in Manitoba is virtually complete. "There may be a few people still picking their last spots, but for all intents and purposes it's done,"says Gary Sloik of Keystone Potato Producers. "Things went quite well. The southern...

十月 12, 2011

Deadline for World Potato Congress Industry Awards Nominations approaching

World Potato Congress Inc. General Manager, John Coady, stated recently that, “We are fast approaching the deadline for submission of nominees for the internationally respected WPC Industry Awards.” To insure that deserving individuals are recognized,...

十月 11, 2011

Prince Edward Island Potatoes Will Power Olympic Gold Medalist Heather Moyse

Heather Moyse, Olympic Gold Medalist in Women’s Bobsleigh and native of Summerside, PEI, has embarked on a pursuit of excellence to represent Canada at the elite level in a third national sport. PEI Potatoes will accompany her on this journey. Currentl...

十月 06, 2011

Lawyer for jailed farmer says banks, companies will work on plan to save farm

A lawyer for a New Brunswick potato farmer jailed in Lebanon, Henk Tepper, has until the end of the month to present a plan to keep his client's farming businesses afloat and pay off creditors.

十月 02, 2011

Kevin MacIsaac new General Manager United Potato Growers of Canada

United Potato Growers of Canada has hired a potato industry veteran as its new General Manager. Kevin MacIsaac, of Bear River, Prince Edward Island will join United in this senior role, effective Monday, October 3rd. Along with his brother, Kevin has ...

九月 28, 2011

Burger King® Canada Expands Poutine Offering

BURGER KING® Restaurants of Canada, Inc. is on a mission to become the nation's #1 destination for all things poutine by expanding their Classic Poutine offering: For a limited time, you can try the new ANGRY POUTINE™ and POUTINE WITH BACON.

九月 23, 2011

New formula to calculate potato selling price applied in PEI

Trends in potato prices are key indicators for potato farmers to keep track of. But average potato price trends can be calculated in a number of different ways. PEI now has become the first jurisdiction in Canada to adopt two new measures - fresh weig...

九月 07, 2011

McDonald's Canada invests 1 billion in brand transformation

McDonald's Canada today announced it is investing approximately $1 billion to undertake its biggest store-by-store brand transformation in the company's 44-year Canadian history.