Noticias sobre las Papas Fritas y Especialidades de Papa de Canadá

McCain Foods (Canada) is pleased to have been recognized as one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies for 2007.The national award, sponsored by Deloitte, CIBC Commercial Banking and the National Post, recognizes excellence in Canadian owned and managed...

French fry giant McCain Foods will forever be associated with the founding - sometimes feuding - New Brunswick brothers, Wallace and the late Harrison McCain. But the CEO these days is a straight-talking North Dakotan, Dale Morrison, who came to McCain...

The Day &Ross Transportation Group, a wholly-owned division of McCain Foods Limited, announced today the signing of an Asset Purchase Agreement for the acquisition of Wesbell Logistics Services, a division of The Wesbell Group of Companies Inc.

Canada is een grote speler in de aardappelwereldmarkt. Zowel het volume export van verse aardappelen als van voorgebakken product is aanzienlijk. Alleen al in de maand oktober 2007 werd er netto bijna 88.000 ton aan voorgebakken product geëxporteerd. ...

Burger King has gained the dubious distinction of having the highest levels of artery-clogging, obesity-inducing trans fats in its french fries, chicken nuggets and other meals compared with its fast-food peers, according to federal data released Thur...

Expansion is coming to the Simplot Canada Ltd. potato processing facility in Portage la Prairie.The plant is expanding production by adding a fourth shift, and plans to hire 40 more people by mid-spring. “Worldwide demand for our food products has cre...

Ontario is taking action to make schools healthier places to learn by moving to drop trans fat from lunchroom menus."Our kids' health is just too important to risk,"said Premier Dalton McGuinty. "Trans fats have no place in our schools a...

An ambitious research effort by Cavendish Farms is identifying ways for farmers to reduce nitrate levels finding their way into Island waterwaysAnd while it may sound simplistic, reducing potatoes from the size of baseball star Barry Bonds’ biceps coul...

The legendary Irving family is moving to break up its $6-billion business empire as it struggles to accommodate the demands of new generations, thus ending a 125-year-old Canadian dynasty. Sources familiar with the sprawling family conglomerate say t...

Irving-owned Cavendish Farms has abandoned its efforts to trademark the name Freedom Fries, according to documents obtained by CBC News. Irving's trademark efforts date back to 2003, when the war in Iraq began. Six others applied to trademark Freedom ...

The continuing strength of the Canadian dollar is posing some problems for Portage La Prairie french fry manufacturers. For Simplot Canada Ltd.’s Portage plant, unit director Chris Tompkins said the high dollar is having an impact on his operation. “W...

McCain Foods (Canada) has introduced a new product that makes it easier than ever for busy parents to serve healthy and nutritious family dinners.    The meals are reminiscent of the good, old-fashioned meat-and-potato dinners of years gone by but the...

Lassonde Industries Inc. (LAS.A-TSX) today announced that its subsidiary A. Lassonde Inc. has completed its purchase of the business of manufacture and distribution of ready-to-drink fruit juices and fruit drinks of McCain Foods (Canada), a division of...

Food Innovation Online has officially launched its new website PotatoPro at http://www.potatopro.com. PotatoPro is entirely dedicated to potato products, including French fries, Chips and Snacks, Starch and the Potato supply chain. Targeting profession...

Post estimates Canadian frozen french fry production in the current year (July 2007 to June 2008) to increase to approximately 1,410,000 metric tons (MT), up 3.0% from 1,370,000 MT produced during 2006/07. On a value basis, Canadian exports of frozen ...

Fruit juice maker Lassonde Industries Inc. (TSX:LAS.A) is buying McCain Foods Canada’s aseptic beverage business in a $13.9 million deal that will eliminate 25 jobs.The agreement involves moving production equipment from Toronto to Grand Falls, N.B., w...

McCain Foods Limited announced its sponsorship of the United Nations (UN) International Year of the Potato 2008, at the official launch today in New York.The United Nations General Assembly has declared that the potato should be a major component in st...

Wallace McCain, chairman of the board of MapleLeaf Foods Inc. and co-founder of one of the world's largest frozen food companies McCain Foods, will receive the coveted Ernst &Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R)2007 Ontario Lifetime Achievement Award...