News On French Fries and Potato Specialties

Two hundred potato growers who supply Simplot Australia's Ulverstone factory have negotiated a $20 a tonne price increase.

Idaho potato growers and processors are back at the bargaining table after a bitter split two years ago.

The Premier Russet was one hot potato, but the high expectations did not materialize...

Australian French Fries (or should we say hot chips?) could be in short supply this year after floods devastated potato-growing regions in four states.

Elects New Board Leadership
The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) today announced the election of four officers and seven members to the AFFI Board of Directors.

In de maand januari 2011 zijn er in Nederland 291.000 ton aardappelen verwerkt tot consumptieproducten.

Cavendish Farms has requested federal government help to seek the elimination of a European trade tariff that could open up a huge marketplace for French fries and help increase potato production on P.E.I.

De NEPG (North-western European Potato Growers) meldt dat halverwege het seizoen 2010/2011 meer dan 50% van alle geoogste aardappelen zijn gebruikt. De totale productie van oogst 2010 in alle NEPG landen was 4.8% lager dan het jaar er voor.

The New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will officially open the NZ $19 million upgrade to McCain Foods plant Friday, February 18

The 13 major potato States held 176 million cwt of potatoes in storage February 1, 2011, down 14 percent from a year ago.

Today, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Orléans, announced regulations to strengthen Canada's labelling of food allergens and gluten sources.

Van de Belgische aardappeloogst in 2010 zijn tot 1 februari jl. maar liefst al 2,1 miljoen ton aardappelen afgeleverd (500.000 ton vroege en 1,6 miljoen ton bewaaraardappelen).

Aardappelen zijn in een jaar tijd bijna 40% duurder geworden, terwijl ons voedsel gemiddeld maar 0,8% duurder werd, aldus hoofdeconoom Michiel Vergeer van het CBS.

During the Potato Expo, Frank van Schaayk (Regional CEO United States and South America McCain Foods) introduced the Alliance for Potato Research and Education in his presentation titled 'French Fries, Re-imagined'

McCain es una empresa de origen canadiense fundada en 1914 por los hermanos Harrison y Wallace McCain. Hoy la firma cuenta con más de 60 plantas en todos los continentes, más de 20.000 empleados y una facturación consolidada mundial de u$s6.100 millone...