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As we’ve seen over the past month, the global supply crisis and other factors have taken a huge toll on the supply of potatoes scheduled for the thousands of McDonald’s locations in Japan. As ...

KFC imports potatoes from Egypt. The restaurant says the country observes set standards that improve the potato quality, something the Kenyan farmers don’t do. Local producers will start supplying American fast-food restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) ...

There’s a growing global potato shortage — a real problem for a planet addicted to french fries and chips. A McDonald's in Tokyo on Dec. 29. In Japan, McDonald’s locations stopped offering ...

In the latest report “Together, towards planet-friendly food” summary published on McCain’s website, the integrator shared the progress towards its Global Sustainability Strategy and commitments. The document highlights a specific leadership key ...

Christian Miller feeds thousands of kids a day. As supervisor for central food production within the Unified School District 259 Wichita Public Schools in Kansas, he oversees a kitchen that provides meals ...

It started with a French revolution. Now it’s hit the United States. In 1998, Materne rolled out its applesauce pouches in France – to wide success. They brought the products to the ...

The Tedesco family’s roots may be in farming, but they continue to blossom as processors of fresh-cut produce and related products. In 2008, the family sold Missa Bay, the Swedesboro, N.J.-based company ...

A ‘ban’ on the use of CIPC for potato growers in the EU has the potato industry on both sides of the pond concerned.

Singapore’s love affair with mala continues on it seems. Mala xiang guo stores can be found in nearly every major hawker centre, new fries that are mala-flavoured continue to pop up and ...

Potato seed provider HZPC is looking at how to embed more sustainability in its supply chain. But that is not all: CEO Gerard Backx tells us the company is also trying to breed better potatoes. How ...

McDonald’s is known for delivering free smiles to their customers in Japan but recently, customers weren’t smiling back at them. That’s because people who ordered their medium-sized fries noticed there was a ...

Potato Days in the Netherlands is an internationally known event on the annual potato industry event schedule. Every year in November, the event is organized by several companies, including potato breeder HZPC. This ...

The expression “genetically modified organisms” (“GMOs”) is not only void of scientific value, but has negative effects on agricultural progress and food policy. The history of crop domestication offers many examples of ...

British potato growers who supply McDonald's will receive £1 million in grants to help boost soil quality and optimise water management. The launch of the Sustainable MacFries Fund aims to increase the ...

If China has potato royalty, Yiwen Hao is it. She is the founder of Pototaly, the world’s first potato-based organic skincare brand. It’s no accident that she’s launching a product made from ...

As a result of the hot and dry weather in large parts of Northern Europe this year, potatoes are smaller than usual. This is especially an issue for potatoes destined for the production ...

Today, McDonald’s announced a phased rollout of paper straws in all 1,361 McDonald’s restaurants in the UK and Ireland with completion set for 2019 as well as plans to test alternatives to ...

Today, a new potato processing plant was officially opened in Lipetsk by Ivan Lebedev, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, and by Oleg Korolev, head of the ...

From Canada’s Mighty Angus Burger to the Cheese & Bacon Loaded Fries from Australia, McDonald’s announced it is serving up menu favorites from around the world in a one-of-a-kind global inspired restaurant ...

Potato growers supplying McDonald’s are set to benefit from the provision of free agronomy skills training to improve crop performance and quality with the launch of the MacFry Potato Academy.  The Academy ...

Emerging markets have provided double-digit returns for McDonalds as sales begin to decline in the US and Europe. McDonalds (MCD) has expanded aggressively in countries such as Malaysia, South Korea and China. ...

Several Urschel cutting machines will be on display at Salon International de l’Alimentation (SIAL) in Paris Nord Villepinte, France, on October 19-23. SIAL offers a great opportunity to view the new DiversaCut 2110A Dicer, ...

Fries are undeniably one of the most important food products in the word. As health-conscious consumers are continuously increasing in numbers, the producers are focusing more and more on providing healthy fries. ...

Contrary to NGO stories of exploited farmers and middlemen running riot, Gujarat’s potato farmers have scripted an entrepreneurial success story by teaming up with multinationals and other buyers of their produce. The ...

Even McDonald’s (MCD) own hypothetical household budget (pdf) for its restaurant employees seems to suggest it’s difficult, at best, for many in its low-wage workforce to make ends meet. And all this ...