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Retail erosion slowing for potatoes
Retail erosion slowing for potatoes

DENVER - While foodservice has been gaining market share of potato sales in recent years, the erosion at retail is slowing and showing signs of turning around, Potatoes USA leaders say.

Will performance athletes put potatoes in their pouches?
Will performance athletes put potatoes in their pouches?

DENVER - Borrowing a page from Gatorade, Potatoes USA will use elite endurance athletes to promote its performance message.

D.C. outlook unsettled, potato council reports
D.C. outlook unsettled, potato council reports

DENVER - With an uncooperative Republican Congress confounding quick action, President Trump's ambitions to reshape trade policy, cut taxes, reform health care and trim the bureaucracy may not unfold exactl

Potatoes USA: boost performance with potatoes
Potatoes USA: boost performance with potatoes

DENVER - Seizing the marketing offensive for what promises to be a long-term campaign, Blair Richardson of Potatoes USA wants consumers to see potatoes and potato products as a high performance food.

Consumers put greater value on potato convenience
Consumers put greater value on potato convenience

DENVER - Consumer demand for convenience is accelerating, and that has implications for potato marketers.