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The full benefit of lower potato prices in 2008 was not passed on to the consumer, Potatoes SA (PSA) said on Tuesday. During 2008, the producer price of potatoes dropped by 45 percent, Mark du Plessis, CEO of PSA said. However, the average retail pr...

A new survey conducted by foodservice consultants Technomic, Inc. revealed that the mandated calorie disclosure for New York City restaurants with 15 or more units is affecting what items consumers order and which restaurants they visit. Technomic fou...

Capitalising on the success of their snack bars, Australian health food company Slim Secrets is broadening their range of snack products to include potato chips. The launch is indicative of a push from manufacturers to improve the health content of t...

Hundreds of millions of [Australian] dollars may have been wiped off the incomes of potato growers in the Ballarat region because of last week's heatwave.Norm Suckling farms a property near Creswick, north of Ballarat.He estimates hundreds of tonnes of...

According to market analyst and editor of North American Potato Market News, Bruce Huffaker, alarmists appear to be exaggerating reports about weakness in demand for frozen potato products. While there is no doubt that the economy has hurt demand, one ...

Mcdonald's Corp (MCD), the world's largest fast-food chain, has cut some prices by as much as a third in China where once booming economic growth has slumped amid the global financial crisis.In what the company calls "the best ever value meal comb...

De aardappelverwerkers in België houden de contractprijzen gelijk aan die van vorig jaar. Dat stelt algemeen secretaris Romain Cools van Belgapom, de Belgische organisatie voor de aardappelhandel- en -verwerking.Belgapom houdt zich niet bezig met de ...

Restaurant chain operator Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM), Tuesday announced that fourth quarter profit declined 12% from last year, hurt by charges, and negative impact from foreign currency translation. Excluding charges, earnings grew over the year-ago, and...

President Barack Obama urged a “complete review” of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after the agency failed to prevent contamination of peanut butter linked to deaths, illnesses and one of the largest U.S. food recalls. The FDA has “not been abl...

Potato prices in Punjab have crashed to almost a seven-year low at Rs 1.5-2 per kg because of bumper production, leading to a glut in the market. Worried at the huge prospective loss, potato growers of the state have sought help from the Punjab govern...

Ballarat district potato growers have been offered a 24 per cent increase to supply potatoes to McCain Foods this year. Growers received a letter last week from the Ballarat food processor stating the increase.It is believed the amount was agreed to ac...

The Procter &Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) announced diluted net earnings per share of $1.58, a 61 percent increase for the October - December quarter. Earnings per share include a $0.63 gain from the Folgers transaction completed during the quarter. ...

Aviko houdt de contractprijs voor fritesaardappelen dit jaar gelijk. Aviko doet dit, ook al zijn de kosten voor het aardappelverwerkend bedrijf gestegen. Dat zegt directeur Grondstoffen Dick Zelhorst van Aviko in een interview met het Agrarisch Dagblad...

De United Potato Growers of Belgium start volgende week bijeenkomsten om telersverenigingen op te richten.Het doel is het aardappelareaal te beperken, zodat de prijs kan stijgen. De UPGB houdt twaalf bijeenkomsten in Vlaanderen, zegt secretaris Guy Dep...

LesserEvil announces a voluntary recall of PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCO KETTLE CORN because the peanut butter in this product was purchased from Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). Peanut butter products produced by PCA have been the subject of an investig...

Más de una veintena de variedades de papa de altos rendimientos y resistentes a enfermedades cultivan agricultores cubanos, para elevar la producción de uno de los principales alimentos del agro. Entre esas especies figuran las europeas Romano, Santan...

Patatzaken bakken nog steeds op grote schaal in ongezond, vast frituurvet. Van de circa 3.000 snackbars die niet meedoen aan de campagne ‘Verantwoord Frituren’  is ongeveer 70% nog altijd niet overgestapt op het veel betere vloeibare frituurvet, zo bli...

Key Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTEC) today announced sales and operating results for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 ended December 31, 2008. Net sales for the three-month period ended December 31, 2008 totaled $27.4 million, compared to $28.9 million...