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McDonald's Corporation today announced that global comparable sales increased 0.7% in July.Performance by segment was as follows: U.S. up 1.6%Europe down 1.9%Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) down 1.9% "McDonald's Plan to ...

Heat and Control’s new FastBack FDXM Force Displacement drives are now 40 per cent smaller than comparable inertia drive horizontal motion conveyors and convey up to 2,500 pounds This, says the company,  makes ...

The Council of Agriculture and Water of the Spanish Region of Murcia estimates this year's potato production to reach 100,027 tonnes;an increase of 27% compared to the previous campaign, according to data ...

About the same number of potato psyllids have been caught on sticky traps in Idaho fields this season as by this time last summer, but far fewer of the tiny, winged insects ...

Dewulf, specialist in harvesting technology of potatoes and carrots, introduced its first potato harvester in South-Africa earlier this year. Carl Steyn, owner of the company Forest Lodge, was the first and proud ...

Greenvale, the UK’s leading potato supplier, is putting spare spuds from its Shropshire site, Tern Hill and Cambridgeshire site, Floods Ferry, to good use by using them to tackle food waste by ...

The Highlander crisps plant at Bathgate, West Lothian, closed on July 31 with the loss of 28 jobs. The Italian parent company, Unichips SpA, said it was closing the factory due to ...

Machine manufacturer DT Dijkstra has improved their washing system to better suit the needs of its customers.There are extra inspection hatches around the rotating parts in the new washing installation. The hatches ...

AUSVEG, the National Peak Industry Body for Australian vegetable and potato growers, has welcomed the Prime Minister's acknowledgement of the importance of investment in agribusiness as part of his announcement of an ...

The United States Potato Board (USPB), the nation’s potato marketing organization and the central organizing force in implementing programs that will increase demand for potatoes, named produce industry veteran, Blair Richardson, as ...

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 ...

The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) has issued an updated estimate of planted area for the 2013 crop (at the start of July). Based on first estimates and survey work the NEPG ...

SignalDemand recently announced that ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston has selected SignalDemand's EnterpriseOptimizer(TM) software solution to provide additional insight into how to maximize output and visibility of its potato supply and production capacity. ...

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 ...

After many years of frustrating work to gain access to Brazil for U.S. seed potatoes as well as corresponding market development, U.S. seed potato growers are finally making sales. United States Potato ...

Snack Food Company LesserEvil has set up a new factory in Danbury, Connecticut where it now produces kettle corn and Popcorn made from chia seeds. The company LesserEvil started in 2004 and ...

Potato Chips Manufacturer Tyrrells Potato Crisps in the United Kingdom will get new ownership. Investcorp, a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products, announced today that it has agreed to acquire ...

It may surprise many people to learn that China has been the world's largest producer of potatoes since 1993. But it should not be entirely unexpected. The Chinese diet has changed drastically ...