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Lamb Weston's Alexia Frozen Potatoes Switch to Sustainable Biomaterial Packaging

April 19, 2021

Two Lamb Weston Alexia brand frozen potato products will now use corn and potato starch in their packaging. The biodegradable bags are partially made of potato starches, a byproduct of producing French fries, and will be identified with a label on the front of the package indicating it is partially made from plants.

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Pivoting Potato Pioneers: McCain Foods

Our 30-Year Anniversary coverage wraps up as we catch up with our 2012 Frozen Foods Processor of the Year.

Michael Costa

December 8, 2020

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We catch up with potato pioneers McCain Foods, our 2012 Frozen Foods Processor of the Year, to see how the company has evolved and expanded since then.

Waffled hash browns for foodservice

December 27, 2019

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Lamb Weston, Eagle, Idaho, created waffled hash browns, made from real Idaho shredded potatoes, for foodservice applications.

J. R. Simplot, Yield10 Bioscience partner to evaluate production of high-yielding, sustainable potato crop

In studies performed by Yield10 in greenhouse or field tests, these traits have shown a range of promising activities such as good agronomic performance, increased photosynthesis, increased seed yield and/or increased biomass production.

October 23, 2019

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J. R. Simplot Co., Boise, Idaho, signed a research agreement with Yield10 Bioscience, Inc., Woburn, Mass., to evaluate three novel yield traits in potato.

McCain Foods USA breaks ground on major expansion of potato processing facility

This $300 million investment will significantly expand McCain Foods North American production capacity.

October 22, 2019

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McCain Foods USA, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., began construction of a 170,000-square-foot expansion at its Othello, Wash., potato processing facility.

Lamb Weston forms joint venture in Argentina to serve South American market

Lamb Weston Alimentos Modernos S.A. will sell frozen potato products under the Rapipap and Morixe brands.

October 22, 2019

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Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., Eagle, Idaho, formed a joint venture with Sociedad Comercial del Plata in Argentina to serve the South American market.

Cavendish Farms opens new $430M frozen potato processing plant

The new state-of-the-art plant replaces Cavendish Farms’ previous plant, and will almost triple production capacity in Lethbridge.

October 4, 2019

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Cavendish Farms, Canada, opened the doors to its frozen potato processing plant in Lethbridge, Canada.

Study: Frozen potato market estimated to reach $60,109.5M by 2022

North America is also expected to emerge as the second most lucrative market in the global frozen potato market.

September 16, 2019

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The global frozen potato market is expected to register 4% CAGR during the forecast period 2017-2022, according to the latest report by Fact.MR, Rockville, Md.

Frostkrone Group acquires Rite Stuff Foods

Rite Stuff Foods processes the original Idaho potatoes to baked, filled potatoes, filled potato skins, potato wedges and potato pancakes, rollers and hearts for retailer, foodservice and restaurants.

September 12, 2019

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Frostkrone Group, Germany, acquired Rite Stuff Foods Inc., a Jerome, Idaho-based manufacturer of frozen potato snacks.

Survey: Potatoes beat out pizza, mac & cheese as comfort food of choice

Over half (55%) of Americans chose potatoes are their comfort food of choice, beating out other favorites like pizza (21%), macaroni and cheese (15%) and pasta (9%).

August 9, 2019

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A plate of potatoes ranked as the No. 1 comfort food in a new survey commissioned by The Little Potato Co.