French Fries

• Halifax’s Bud the Spud gets flood of love after going up for sale

  After just one day on the market, the iconic Halifax food truck has already received several offers.

  Canada

  Aug 7, 2021
  
• ‘Eat fries twice a week’: Belgians urged to help with potato pile-up

  Farmers are asking Belgians to do the patriotic thing and eat 750,000 tons of potatoes that can't be exported due to coronavirus lockdowns.

  Trending

  Apr 28, 2020
  
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• Weather-related spud shortage affected 18 per cent of Manitoba’s crop: report

  Approximately 12,000 acres of potatoes were left unharvested this year – around 18 per cent of Manitoba's harvest.

  Weather

  Dec 4, 2019
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• French fry shortage? Poutine, ‘freedom fries’ at risk after poor potato harvest

  Poor growing conditions have hurt this year's potato crop in North America, threatening french fry production and two iconic national foods.

  Trending

  Dec 3, 2019
• Jacques Chirac, former French president, dies at 86

  The two-term president was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust.

  World

  Sep 26, 2019
• Vaudreuil businesses cook up support for flood victims and volunteers

  Vaudreuil area restaurants have been working overtime during the past couple weeks to serve up hot meals for flood victims and volunteers.

  May 9, 2019
• McCain closing P.E.I. French fry plant, 121 jobs lost

  McCain Foods is blaming a shift in the market for French fries and the stronger Canadian dollar for its decision to close a plant in Prince Edward Island.

  Money

  Aug 7, 2014
• Truck carrying 40,000 pounds of french fries goes up in flames in Walmart parking lot

  A tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of french fries from Prince Edward Island caught fire in a Walmart parking lot in the Maine city of Waterville.

  World

  Apr 23, 2014