Potato News

June 30, 2010

Jagen op Phytophthora in een luchballon

Gisteren speurden drie aardappeltelers en een wetenschapper in een luchtballon naar sporen van phytophthora boven aardappelpercelen in West-Brabant. De gevreesde aardappelziekte bedreigt elk jaar de aardappeloogst. Voor een gezonde aardappel op tafel ...
June 30, 2010

Late Blight shows up in Washington

Potato late blight has been found and confirmed in the south Columbia Basin and Washington State University plant pathologist Dennis Johnson says more confirmations of the disease are expected this week. He says the disease was found in two locations. ...
Wendy’s/Arby's to re-enter Japan
June 30, 2010

Wendy’s/Arby's to re-enter Japan

Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc. is ramping up international expansion plans with a proposed re-entry into the Japanese market, the company said Wednesday.The proposed restaurants are to be co-branded Wendy’s/Arby’s locations and feature menus offering signat...
June 29, 2010

Sale of Michael Foods completed

Michael Foods, Inc. announced today that its parent, Michael Foods Group, Inc. (formerly M-Foods Holdings, Inc.) closed a previously announced transaction under which its owners, affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”) and certain current an...
June 28, 2010

Will Chase saves 'Love Chips' website from closure

The website run by the marketing department of the Potato Council, which was one of 820 websites expected to be closed by a Government review has been saved by William Chase, owner of Chase Vodka.   The website was to be closed as part of the review by...
June 28, 2010

Frito-Lay introduces lower sodium Ruffles and Fritos

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America business unit announced the introduction of two new Lightly Salted varieties of chips. Fritos Lightly Salted corn chips and Ruffles Lightly Salted potato chips join Lay’s Lightly Salted potato chips, which were launche...
Cognis
June 27, 2010

BASF buys Cognis

BASF SE has reached an agreement with Cognis Holding Luxembourg S.à r.l. controlled by Permira Funds, GS Capital Partners and SV Life Sciences to acquire the specialty chemicals company Cognis for an equity purchase price of €700 million. Including net...
 Frito-Lay
June 27, 2010

Frito-Lay Breaks Ground for Topeka Plant Expansion

Frito-Lay North America (Plano, Texas) has broken ground for the addition of an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) at the company's snack manufacturing plant in Topeka, Kansas. Dirt work has begun, and construction is expected to commence i...
June 27, 2010

Europarlement stemt tegen "stoplicht"

Het Europees Parlement heeft tegen een stoplichtsysteem gestemd. Een amendement van enkele fracties in het Parlement voor de invoering van zo'n systeem werd verworpen.   Volgens de voorstanders van het verkeerslichtensysteem kunnen consumenten aan de h...
 Sarpo Mira
June 27, 2010

McCain levert 50 ton biopatat aan cateraar La Place

Iedere bezoeker van een evenement of festival waar La Place dit seizoen catert zal het merken. Er wordt biologische patat geserveerd. La Place bestelde maar liefst 50.000 kilo bio-frites. Qua inkoop duurder, maar door het megavolume kon een lagere pri...
June 25, 2010

Vroege Fritesaardappelen in Duitsland getroffen door droogte

De droogte van de afgelopen weken treft nu vooral de fritesaardappelen in de vroege teeltgebieden van Midden- en Noord-Duitsland.De eerste aardappelen van oogstjaar 2010 konden door het late voorjaar sowieso later worden gepoot, waardoor het actuele we...
 Bateria hecha con papas cocidas
June 25, 2010

Científicos israelíes diseñan baterías que trabajan con papas cocidas

Investigadores israelíes anunciaron la creación de una batería eléctrica a base de patatas cocidas que promueven como una solución asequible y eficaz para los países subdesarrollados. Yissum Research Development Co, empresa afiliada de la Universidad ...

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