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American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) Chairman James E. Matthews Jr. of the H.J. Heinz Company today announced Robert L. Garfield has assumed the role of interim president of AFFI following the resignation of Leslie G. Sarasin. Garfield takes over for...

With the "Plan to Win"in full swing, it's rarely news when McDonald's reports strong quarterly earnings. But amidst an economic crisis, it is surprising to see a company post a 7.1 percent increase in global same-store sales which McDonald's ...

The average American consumes between 6,000 and 18,000 milligrams of salt daily. The body only needs about 200 milligrams.

With governments having trouble feeding the growing number of hungry poor and grain prices fluctuating wildly, food scientists are proposing a novel solution for the global food crisis: Let them eat potatoes.Grains like wheat and rice have long been st...

ConAgra Foods and NBC have joined forces in a strategic move, promoting the warmth and great taste of a bowl of Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popping Corn, along with the thrill and excitement of NBC's new program Crusoe as the perfect combination for ...

En momentos en que los consumidores estadounidenses salen menos a comer ante la desaceleración económica, el negocio de la cadena de restaurantes McDonald's ha crecido con mayor rapidez que el de sus rivales, apoyado por la venta de nuevos sándwiches y...

Heavy demand for corn from ethanol makers was seen as a key driver of corn futures to record highs in June, but since then the sharp decline of corn along with other commodities shows that belief was mistaken.Corn is down about 50 percent from its reco...

Productivity improvements and energy efficiency schemes will constitute the majority of new projects next year in the US food and beverage manufacturing sector, claims a report from a US market analysis firm. Industrial Info Resources predicts a scale ...

McDonald's Corporation today announced strong operating results for the third quarter, driven by global comparable sales growth of 7.1%."The strength of McDonald's ongoing results is a testament to our multi-dimensional Plan to Win, which features...

The global downturn is pushing consumers to Burger King's  stores in search of cheaper dining, but the company is worried that a prolonged credit crunch could hurt its franchisees' borrowing ability. "In the short run, we've been somewhat of a ben...

Keystone Potato Products is committed to sustainability: In 2000, co-op members began looking at building a dehydrated potato processing facility in Pennsylvania – which would be the first dehy plant on the East Coast. A local plant would provide a ma...

So here it is, a PotatoPro Newsletter on 'McDonald's World Famous Fries' or MacFries as I will keep calling them in short. Yes, as far as I could figure out they were called MacFries, not McFries, even though Google gives more than twice as much hits on McFries than MacFries.

The typical Western diet — fried foods, salty snacks and meat — accounts for about 30 percent of heart attack risk across the world, according to a study of dietary patterns in 52 countries reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Associ...

In a recently-completed survey of consumers, Chicago-based foodservice consultants Technomic, Inc. found that the financial market meltdown is likely to cause a high number (74 percent) of consumers to visit both quick- and full-service restaurants les...

Food makers confronted by today's challenging economic times must continue to invest hard in innovation to beat the downturn. This year's SIAL, which opened yesterday in Paris, is a showcase of new ideas that could help to boost margins and weather the...

Worries about a global recession have pushed the price of oil to its lowest in over a year. Don't expect the same for a bottle of beer, a tube of toothpaste, or a box of cereal. You can blame "sticky"prices. That's what analysts call it when...

With the economy in a slide, US fast-food restaurants are rolling out big discounts and heavily promoting value, making this a golden time for diners on the run.Fast food is the part of the restaurant business that usually holds up best when the econom...

Potato harvest is winding down in the Columbia Basin this week, with contracted growers reporting decreased profits and fresh market prices more than doubling from last year.Fresh market prices for Russet Norkotahs increased last year from between $4.7...