There are many great potato dishes in the world. Most potato-eating countries would have more than one favourite, probably. Sometimes they’re incredible side dishes, such as pommes dauphinoise, patatas bravas and various kinds of mashed and chipped things. And sometimes potatoes are elevated to the realm of the main event. Such is the case with…
It is with great excitement that we announce the 7 Regional Winners for the Best Chip Shop Competition 2017… Northland & North Shore: Northcross Takeaways, Browns Bay Auckland: Oceanz Seafood Botany, Auckland Waikato/Bay of Plenty: Welcome Bay Takeaways, Tauranga Central Regions: Okato Takeaways, New Plymouth Greater Wellington: So Fine Seafoods, Lower Hutt Lower South Island: The Naked Chip, Waimate Upper South Island: Gourmet…
Potatoes are the perfect side for every meal, every day. They can be served boiled, mashed, roasted, baked or in a stew. Potatoes are great in salads, stuffed for a more substantial side and made into gnocchi, chips, wedges and hashbrowns/rostis. Potatoes are easy to prepare and are very versatile. Leftover potatoes can easily be…
New Zealand country freedom for Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) haplotypes B, C, D and E. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has recently notified that New Zealand has country freedom for the organism Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) and its haplotypes B, C, D and E. CLso is a bacterium transmitted by psyllids causing disease symptoms…
The Best Chip Shop Competition is back after a 4-year hiatus. 51 stores (see list below) have been awarded Highly Commended Chips for producing hot potato chips with 9% fat or less. These stores are currently being mystery shopped for regional awards and the coveted title of Best Chip Shop 2017. As the saying goes… The customer is…
Dickeya dianthicola has been found in a commercial potato crop north of Perth, Western Australia – read more… Dickeya dianthicola Photo credit: Steve Johnson
There has been discussion in the Potato industry and world-wide media about CRISPR technology and its impact on breeding new Potato varieties. It is important as an industry that we have knowledge of a technological development to be able to fully evaluate its merits. The following is an article (reproduced with permission from Spudman Magazine)…
The Chip Group is delighted to announce that 51 stores across New Zealand will receive Highly Commended Chips awards, and with it the title of Regional Finalists in the Best Chip Shop Competition. The Highly Commended Chips Award recognises stores whose chips (potato of course) have 9% or less fat content! Well done to these operators…
China’s fry imports in May were down nearly a third compared to the same month in 2016, with the US and Canada seeing the biggest declines in demand. During the month 10,427 tonnes of product were imported, with annual imports down 15.3% to 128 927 tonnes. The price of imports in May was up 9.4%…
China’s fry imports in May were down nearly a third compared to the same month in 2016, with the US and Canada seeing the biggest declines in demand. During the month 10,427 tonnes of product were imported, with annual imports down 15.3% to 128 927 tonnes. The price of imports in May was up 9.4%…
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