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French fries: Are you curbing your consumption?
- March 16, 2010 1:13 PM |
- By POV
McCain
Foods Ltd. is cutting the volume of potatoes it buys from New Brunswick
farmers by 20 to 30 per cent, citing poor economic conditions.
Last
month, McCain also cut the volume of potatoes it buys from P.E.I.
farmers by 20 to 30 per cent because of a falling demand for french
fries and a tough economy.
The potato industry generates about
$1.3 billion for New Brunswick's economy every year.
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story
Meanwhile, the
Toronto Star reported that sales of french fries started to slide in
U.S. restaurants in 2006.
Have you cut back on french
fries in recent years? Take our poll.
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