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Voor Avebe en beoogd Akzo-dochter National Starch zijn de hoge prijzen voor melk en melkproducten een buitenkansje.   Avebe-dochter Solanic begint deze maand met de productie van hoogwaardige vervangers van melkeiwit. National Starch verkoopt al heel l...

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) today reported strong first quarter earnings, boosted by higher selling prices for its products, including sweeteners and starches.The agricultural and ingredients firm has posted net earnings for the quarter ended Septembe...

TVP informs, Polish farmers had high potato harvest in 2007. However, there have been no reasons for joy yet, because potato prices are still extremely low. The wholesale prices decline lower than $0.08-0.12/kg;at the same period of time past year the ...

Burger King Holdings will show its first net restaurant gains in the US and Canada in six years in 2008, executives said at the company’s first quarter conference call. The company also says it plans an expansion of a net increase of 300 units worldwid...

McCain Foods (Canada) has introduced a new product that makes it easier than ever for busy parents to serve healthy and nutritious family dinners.    The meals are reminiscent of the good, old-fashioned meat-and-potato dinners of years gone by but the...

KMC’s special award, the Golden Potato Leaf, is given to persons in recognition of special achievements for KMC and for Danish Potato Starch.During FI Europe 2007 in London this special award was given to two of KMC's agents, Mr. Giorgio Sancassan of R...

PepsiCo announced today a strategic realignment of its organizational structure to position the company for continued strong growth and more fully leverage the talents of its senior leaders. "Given PepsiCo's robust growth in recent years, we are ...

DSM Food Specialities has received approval for Danish food safety authorities for the use of its Preventase, meaning that the acrylamide-reducing enzyme can now be used in food products throughout the EU and the US.At present, enzymes used in food pr...

Fast-food chain Burger King Corp. said Monday its fiscal first-quarter earnings rose 23 percent, beating Wall Street expectations, helped by "Simpsons"and "Transformers"marketing promotions and sales of the Tendercrisp and Spicy Ch...

Welsh snacks manufacturer Real Crisps is to supply a range of TGI Friday’s branded snacks in the UK. TGI snacks, based on the successful bar-restaurant venue, are already a big seller in the US. Crumlin-based Real Crisps is now the official UK distri...

Malaysia's crude palm oil (CPO) production rose 2.7 percent to 1.6 MMT in September,bringing total CPO production for 2006/07 to 15.3 MMT. The increase in palm oil exports was offset by a bigger increase in CPO production, resulting in an increase in c...

The world's third-largest retailer, has begun its long-awaited launch in the United States, opening its first store near Los Angeles. Britain's most successful retailer opened its Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market in the small city of Hemet late last week.

Burger King Holdings Inc. said Monday its first-quarter earnings rose 23 percent, but shares of the world's second largest hamburger chain fell more than 6 percent as three big shareholders disclosed plans to sell about a third of their holdings.

La cadena estadounidense de restaurantes Burger King Holdings Inc reportó el lunes un aumento mayor al esperado en su utilidad del primer trimestre fiscal, gracias a sus nuevos sándwiches de pollo y sus promociones de las películas "The Simpsons&...

Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner today announced that USDA provided more than $234 million to help market American farm products overseas in the 2007 fiscal year that ended Sept 30.   The allocations were provided under the Market Access Progr...

Will Chase, 46, founder and managing director of Tyrrells, said the firm planned to use the money won in the Entrepreneurs Challenge to make vodka from potatoes grown on the farm but which are too small to turn into crisps. The company has already b...

Aanvankelijk leek Pinguin in Engeland zijn eigen graf te delven, maar vandaag heeft het bedrijf de Britse oorlog gewonnen. Daardoor kan het opnieuw werk maken van het Centraal-Europees project om daar als eerste grote Belgische diepvriesspecialist in e...

The sweet and salty snack industry has suffered a lower sales growth rate in 2007 due to negative press over rising obesity rates, but sales still increased by almost two per cent in 2007, according to Euromonitor analyst Irina Kazanchuk.PepsiCo has b...