Potato News

The sale of Wendy's International Inc. to the Atlanta-based parent of the Arby's fast-food chain will mean changes in the short term, but the CEO-to-be is predicting the Arby's team will bring long-term improvements to the business. Triarc Companies ...

A major patent infringement row broke out on the first day of Interpack today (24 April) after Japanese firm Ishida was granted an injunction against three rival Chinese makers of multi-head weighers. High Dream, Jinyi and Saimo were ordered to remove...

Minister voor Ondernemen en Vereenvoudigen Vincent Van Quickenborne wil duidelijkheid over de prijs van de frietzak. Hij vraagt de mededingingsautoriteit een vooronderzoek uit te voeren naar het prijsverschil tussen aardappelen en het pakje friet. Vor...

Key Technology announces the launch of new industry-specific blogs to provide information and insight of interest to food processors and to encourage the expansion of visionary ideas through collaboration.

A huge amount of potato is rotting at several cold storages in Chandpur Sadar, Matlab, Hajiganj, and Kochua upazilas, said affected potato growers, traders and middlemen.About 1,500 potato growers, traders and middlemen who stored their potatoes at Pa...

PepsiCo reported first-quarter earnings per share of $0.70. The Company delivered strong operating results with 13% net revenue and 10% division operating profit growth. PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi said, "We delivered a strong first quart...

When prices for commodities like corn, cooking oil and energy took a bigger than expected jump in recent months, Plano-based Frito-Lay Inc. put some of its snack packages on a diet. By pouring up to one ounce less food into each bag, the company del...

Yum Brands Inc, operator of the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut fast-food chains, posted a bigger-than-expected jump in quarterly profit on Tuesday, fueled by growth in China, and raised its full-year forecast. Shares at Yum rose 3.8 percent after it said...

McDonald's Corp.,  said first-quarter profit rose more than analysts estimated after record European revenue gains outweighed the first drop in U.S. comparable-store sales in five years.U.S. sales at stores open at least 13 months fell 0.8 percent in M...

The Inventure Group, Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 29, 2008. Net revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 were $26.2 million, representing an increase of 54% compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2007....

The next time you open a bag of potato chips, before you start crunching and munching, consider that you are holding a piece of Ohio's culinary and economic history in the palm of your hand. We didn't invent the potato chip here, but we embraced it wi...

Burger King Holdings Inc, the world's No. 2 hamburger chain, is looking to open several hundred restaurants over the next three years in China, where it now has only 12, a senior executive said on Monday, as it seeks to narrow the gap with rival McDona...