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九月 18, 2008

ConAgra Foods Reports Strong First-Quarter Sales Growth

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) one of North America's leading packaged food companies, today reported results for the fiscal 2009 first quarter ended Aug. 24, 2008. Diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.23, including net $0.04 per diluted sha...

九月 16, 2008

Teen finds world longest french fry at Arby's

When Hannah Odom ordered curly fries with her meal at an Arby's restaurant in Hendersonville, South Carolina, she discovered what is likely world's longest french fry: A curly french fry of almost two feet. She resisted temptations to eat it or to sel...

九月 16, 2008

Steam n' Mash: Ore-Ida® Takes the Hassle Out of Homemade Mashed Potatoes

Steam n' Mash from Ore-Ida makes homemade mashed potatoes easy:Thanks to a new innovation from the Ore-Ida brand, known as Steam n' Mash potatoes, one of America’s favorite comfort foods is now easy enough to make every day in just 15 minutes or less!

九月 12, 2008

P.E.I. potato growers accuse french fry companies of flooding market with cheap spuds

Big french fry companies are undercutting P.E.I. potato prices by flooding the open market with cheap potatoes, says an sland potato farmer and a potato marketer.Jim Read, of J.B. Read Marketing Inc., and Danny Henricken, whose family has been growing ...

九月 09, 2008

Celebration marks opening of new McCain Foods potato processing plant in Florenceville

On a sunny afternoon in Florenceville-Bristol, McCain Foods officially opened its $65-million potato processing plant on Thursday, Sept. 4.The plant was announced in 2006 and began construction in the spring of 2007. It replaces the first factory ever ...

八月 26, 2008

McCain Foods USA Launches Politically Inspired National Marketing Campaign

McCain Foods USA, Inc., the U.S. division of McCain Foods Limited, the world's largest producer of French fries and potato products, today announced the launch of a national integrated marketing campaign via Schafer | Condon | Carter (SCC). The fun and...

八月 21, 2008

Heinz profit rises on french fries, China dumplings

H.J. Heinz Co. said first-quarter profit rose 12 percent and forecast full-year earnings that exceeded its earlier projection on sales of Ore-Ida french fries in the U.S. and dumplings in China.

八月 07, 2008

GAIN report: Export frozen potato products drives up potato production in Argentina.

Argentine potato production is expected to increase to 2.5 million metric tons (MT) as exports of processed (frozen French fries) potatoes are pulling total production up. Domestic consumption of fresh potatoes has been stable for the last ten years at...

八月 06, 2008

UNICA: variedad Peruana para mercado fresco y papa frita

Las nuevas variedades de papa que se ofrecen a los agricultores deben tener ventajas intrínsecas, las mismas que deben ser superiores a las variedades existentes de uso tradicional. Esta variedad fue desarrollada por la División de Mejoramiento y Utili...

八月 06, 2008

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, Ochoa Foods Announce New Joint Venture

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, the largest potato company in North America with annual sales exceeding $2 billion, and Ochoa Foods, a privately owned potato processing company based in Boise, Idaho, announced today that they have entered into a new joint ...

八月 04, 2008

Restaurant menus unhealthy for kids - report

Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation's top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public health group. Nearly every possible combinatio...

八月 01, 2008

Potato growers accept McCain contract

P.E.I. farmers who sell potatoes for processing to McCain Foods voted in favour of a new contract at a meeting Thursday night. Unlike those growing for Cavendish Farms, who rejected three contracts before signing, the McCain growers accepted the first...

八月 01, 2008

California attorney general settles acrylamide lawsuit with Frito-Lay, Lance, Kettle Foods and Heinz

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today settled lawsuits against Heinz, Frito-Lay, Kettle Foods and Lance Inc. after the companies agreed to slash levels of the cancer-causing chemical acrylamide in their potato chips and french fries. “T...

七月 30, 2008

Food Network crews to film french fries at Lamb Weston's Richland potato plant

Food Network production crews will be in Richland today at ConAgra Lamb Weston's potato plant shooting an episode about french fries. The episode is for the new Food Network series How'd That Get On My Plate? said Marti DeMoss, a ConAgra spokeswoman....

七月 28, 2008

Still uncertain if Ochoa will rebuild the Wild river Foods french fry factory in Grandview

Company officials for the Wild River Foods potato processing plant, which was gutted by fire on July 1, have not decided if they will rebuild, according to a statement issued Monday. "It has been almost 30 days since the fire consumed our plant ...

七月 27, 2008

McCain's $65-million plant begins production

A new $65-million potato processing plant began production on Tuesday at McCain Foods in Florenceville-Bristol. The state-of-the-art facility replaced the first factory ever built by the company more than 50 years ago. The new plant marks the end of a...

七月 25, 2008

Bunge Reports Second Quarter Results

Financial highlights: Total segment EBIT reached $1,078 million Agribusiness results were strong across the business Fertilizer benefited from the strong global agricultural environment

七月 24, 2008

Cavendish Farms Potato suppliers accept new contract

Cavendish Farms producers voted “overwhelmingly yes’’ Wednesday (July 23) to accept the latest offer from the Irving-owned company, but many look to the future with concern. It was the fourth meeting for the approximately 180 growers on Prince Edward ...