News On French Fries and Potato Specialties

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, the largest potato company in North America with annual sales exceeding $2 billion, and Ochoa Foods, a privately owned potato processing company based in Boise, Idaho, announced today that they have entered into a new joint ...

Las nuevas variedades de papa que se ofrecen a los agricultores deben tener ventajas intrínsecas, las mismas que deben ser superiores a las variedades existentes de uso tradicional. Esta variedad fue desarrollada por la División de Mejoramiento y Utili...

Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation's top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public health group. Nearly every possible combinatio...

The United States Potato Board (USPB) conducted the 2008 US Potato Chef Cooking Contest in China to enhance the application of US frozen potato products in Chinese cuisine and to encourage the local Hotel Restaurant and Institution (HRI) establishments...

P.E.I. farmers who sell potatoes for processing to McCain Foods voted in favour of a new contract at a meeting Thursday night. Unlike those growing for Cavendish Farms, who rejected three contracts before signing, the McCain growers accepted the first...

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today settled lawsuits against Heinz, Frito-Lay, Kettle Foods and Lance Inc. after the companies agreed to slash levels of the cancer-causing chemical acrylamide in their potato chips and french fries. “T...

The UK advertising watchdog (ASA) investigated the McCain Foods (GB) "Eat your greens"campaign for McCain Rustic Oven Fries and found the campaign was "not irresponsible or misleading". The campaign features the slogan "Eat yo...

Food Network production crews will be in Richland today at ConAgra Lamb Weston's potato plant shooting an episode about french fries. The episode is for the new Food Network series How'd That Get On My Plate? said Marti DeMoss, a ConAgra spokeswoman....

According to reports in the Danish media, Wernsing Feinkost has bought the Danish French fry manufacturer Flensted. Accumulating losses at the Danish french fry manufacturer Flensted, made a buyout inevitably, with multiple companies said to be interes...

Chip shops across the country are being urged to get in quick to be crowned the nations best chippie, with registrations for the ‘That’s Life! Best Chip Shop Competition 2008’ due to close on 31 July. Chairperson of the Chip Group, Glenda Gourley, sa...

Company officials for the Wild River Foods potato processing plant, which was gutted by fire on July 1, have not decided if they will rebuild, according to a statement issued Monday. "It has been almost 30 days since the fire consumed our plant ...

A new $65-million potato processing plant began production on Tuesday at McCain Foods in Florenceville-Bristol. The state-of-the-art facility replaced the first factory ever built by the company more than 50 years ago. The new plant marks the end of a...

Financial highlights: Total segment EBIT reached $1,078 million Agribusiness results were strong across the business Fertilizer benefited from the strong global agricultural environment

Cavendish Farms producers voted “overwhelmingly yes’’ Wednesday (July 23) to accept the latest offer from the Irving-owned company, but many look to the future with concern. It was the fourth meeting for the approximately 180 growers on Prince Edward ...

A new $65-million state-of-the art potato processing plant began production July 22, replacing the first factory ever built by McCain Foods more than 50 years ago.

A new $65-million state-of-the art potato processing plant began production July 22, replacing the first factory ever built by McCain Foods more than 50 years ago. The plant, which has been under construction since the spring of 2007, uses the latest ...

Het bedrijf FZ Organic in Wolvega heeft in het afgelopen jaar de chipsproductie fors verhoogd. De producent van biologische chips (waaronder het merk Trafo) zag de productie stijgen met 6 tot 8 procent stijgen. Volgens directeur Frans Andringa is dat o...

An industry with the size and diversity of the British potato sector should be prepared to back an awards scheme that recognises those who have made a significant contribution to its development, says Nick Vermont, McCain chief executive officer for Gr...