Potato News

The Covered bridge Potato Chip company in New Brunswick is receiving a $100,000 loan guarantee from the provincial government today.   The manufacturer of kettle chips, located in the St. John River Valley, will use the financial backing to secure 17 ...

Snack manufacturer Snyder's of Hanover announces it will be using  a "renewable "packaging solution for its line of organic products.   The new package is made from raw materials that are 90 percent plant-based , informed the packaging manu...

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) one of North America's leading food makers, today announced five aggressive sustainability goals to be achieved by 2015. The goals build on the company's sustainability accomplishments, which began in a company-wide fas...

No country has embraced the movement toward commercialized, prepackaged food as much as the United States.   Americans eat 31 percent more packaged food than fresh food, and they consume more packaged food per person than their counterparts in nearly ...

Las papas fritas les gustan a todos: sirven en un cumpleaños infantil, pero también en una comida gourmet, acompañando un guacamole inundado de buen cilantro. Atentos a esta característica, las marcas comenzaron a diseñar productos para cada situación....

Key Technology announces the appointment of Golden State Food Machinery, Inc. as its exclusive sales representative in California, south of Fresno;Nevada, excluding the Reno metropolitan area;and all of Arizona and Hawaii. Golden State is responsible ...

New Brunswick potato growers are playing the waiting game as negotiations for their 2010 contracts continue with McCain Foods Ltd. In mid March, growers learned the Florenceville-based company will cut the amount of potatoes it buys from them for proc...

Today McCain Foods Limited announced the appointment of Dirk Van de Put as Chief Operating Officer, effective May 17th, 2010. In this new role, created as a result of the company’s succession planning efforts, Van de Put will have direct accountability...

A SCOTTISH potato processor is hoping to inject a bit of colour into meal times with the launch of Purple Majesty, a purple spud that is made for mashing and could boost health. It will produce a beetroot-coloured mash!

Key Technology announces the appointment of Flo-Mech Ltd as its exclusive sales partner in the UK and Ireland.

Potato growers should examine the market carefully before planting large acreages this spring, as they tisk oversupplying the market and depressing prices. Last season's poor prices came about as a direct result of over-supply, latest figures from the...

UAE-based FMCG group Masafi has launched its food division, the Masafi Gourmet, in the Qatari market. The company will mark its foray into Qatar with the launch of premium potato chips in four flavours: Sea Salt, Sweet Chilly, Four Cheese and Labnah ...