Potato News

Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo and leading snack manufacturer, along with Fort Bend County, today announced a $200 million investment at its Rosenberg, Texas, site.

Walmart Canada is excited to offer a brand new line of South Asian snack flavours in partnership with Frito-Lay Canada.

K2 Kinetics has announced the acquisition of Robotic Packaging Machinery, LLC (or “RPM” for short). An Austin, TX, based company RPM is one of the most innovative and compact designers and manufacturers of case packers throughout the United States.

The Heat and Control family celebrated a special milestone on June 1, 2021, with the 100th birthday of their founder, Andrew (Andy) Caridis.

La pretensión de los productores y comercializadores de patata del Campo de Cartagena de obtener una figura de calidad diferenciada, contará con el respaldo del Gobierno murciano.

FPS Food Process Solutions celebrates its 11th anniversary by calling for better awareness of hygienic standards in the food processing industry on World Food Safety Day.

La compañía pondrá en marcha el próximo año un planta 4.0 que será la más moderna del mundo. Las nuevas instalaciones se abastecerán de energías limpias en una clara apuesta por la sostenibilidad.

NEC Corporation today announced the enhancement of CropScope, its agricultural ICT platform, which NEC has been operating jointly with Kagome Co, Ltd. since April 2020.

As part of today’s release of McCain’s 2020 Global Sustainability report Together, Towards Planet-Friendly Food, the company is pledging that it will be implementing regenerative agricultural practices across 100 per cent of its potato acreage by 2030.

Australian vegetable and potato industry body AUSVEG has announced the appointment of Michael Coote as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 1 July 2021.

Puffin Produce, a potato supplier in the United Kingdom, has reduced its water use to wash and polish its potatoes by 90% and electricity use by 40% as a result of a major equipment update provided by Haith.

The potato growers of Royal Avebe participating in the Optimeel growing programme have been awarded Gold status according to the FSA 2.1 standard of the global platform SAI for sustainable agriculture.