Potato News

McDonald's, the world's biggest fast food chain, wants to invest up to €800m ($1.1bn) in its European business this year, in a sign that the US-based company is increasingly putting the focus on the continent. "We will invest as much money there...

Op vrijdag 24 augustus a.s. vindt in ’t Voorhuys te Emmeloord de Aardappeldemodag plaats. Ruim 200 mensen uit de sector hebben zich al aangemeld. Centraal staat elkaar ontmoeten aan de vooravond van het nieuwe seizoen. Ontmoeten op een informele manie...

Het Belgische groenteverwerkende bedrijf Pinguin heeft een akkoord bereikt over de overname van de Food afdeling van Christian Salvesen. Het betreft de verwerking, verpakking en opslag van diepvriesgroenten in de Britse vestigingen in Bourne, North Tho...

The Washington Post had 16 snacks judged for suitability as a school snack by twenty-nine 3rd and 4th graders. The taste test included 16 snacks that contained about 100 calories per serving -- an amount that nutrition experts say is appropriate for ...

McDonald's customers have shown strong support for the new Angus Third Pounders that debuted in Southern California last March. Positive customer feedback has prompted McDonald's marketing co-ops in New York and Central Ohio to introduce the newest lin...

The potato harvest is slowly getting under way in the Red River Valley, with a few farmers already in the fields.Northern Plains Potato Growers President Duane Maatz (MAWTZ) says expectations are high for farmers whose crops were not drowned out by he...

Historians of literature criticise the British company Tyrrells for placing a picture from Tadesz Kantor’s Panoramic Sea Happening on a packet of crisps.  The photograph by Eustachy Kossakowski was taken during the Sea Concert, the first part of Kanto...

Diversified major ITC Ltd, which launched potato chips under the brand Bingo, has taken over Australian agri-biotech company Technico Pty Ltd for an undisclosed sum, as part of a strategy to strengthen its foods business. An ITC spokesperson said th...

Flat Earth, the snack that brings great taste and nutrition together in a baked fruit crisp and vegetable crisp, now provides even greater convenience with a new multipack offering. The single serve bag in each multipack is a perfect snack for lunchbox...

The french-fry producer Cavendish Farms has detailed plans to build a biofuel plant in the central P.E.I. town of Kensington. At an information session in the town this week, the Irving-owned company outlined how the plant would recycle spent cooking o...

Tight blight management will be crucial if this year's crop is to survive in store, warned specialists who joined a record 500-plus visitors to the BPC-sponsored event hosted by SCRI,SAC and CSC PotatoCare. Tuber blight was the biggest immediate issue...

Avebe bereidt zich voor op het aanvragen van een toelating in de Europese Unie voor de genetisch gemodificeerde amylopectineaardappel waar het bedrijf al enkele jaren aan werkt. Avebe volgt met interesse de toelatingsprocedure van BASF voor de geneti...