McCain Foods USA, Lisle, Ill., launched WISE FRIES, made with a new proprietary batter recipe that keeps just enough oil on the outside for great taste and crispness while maintaining the potato flavor inside.
J.R. Simplot Co., Boise, Idaho, has once again redefined the French fry experience with the launch of CravOn, what is said to be the first “never fried” frozen French fry geared to the retail market.
Potato products supplier Nonpareil Corp., Blackfoot, Idaho, said it expanded its co-packing partnership with General Mills to include packaging and distribution of frozen potatoes under the Betty Crocker brand.
Michael Foods, Inc. Minnetonka, Minn., said its parent, M-Foods Holdings, Inc., signed a definitive agreement under which its owners, affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. ("THL") and certain current and former members of management, will sell Michael Foods to affiliates of GS Capital Partners.
Proclaiming that "America’s love affair with meat and potatoes is as strong as ever," Cargill, Wichita, Kan., and H.J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., formed a promotional partnership for Cargill ground beef and Ore-Ida potato products.
