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French fries

Demand for crispy french fries has gotten a tad soggy

by Matt Levin
Oct 21, 2024
Lamb Weston, the Idaho-based maker of frozen potato products, has been struggling as of late.
The Idaho-based supplier of McDonald's french fries saw its stock price drop more than 30% at one point this year.
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The quest for french fries crisp enough to withstand delivery

by Anna King
Jul 8, 2019
The secret’s in the fry batter ... and the packaging.
Freshly cooked fries made by potato-processing giant Lamb Weston. The company has been working on ways to keep fries crisp during delivery.
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Late potato planting could affect french fry supply

by Anna King
Apr 2, 2019
Availability of french fries depends on the weather in Washington, Oregon and Idaho this spring.
Potatoes scoot by on belts at Balcom and Moe, Inc. in Pasco. The potatoes are rinsed, sized and put in bags destined for America’s supermarkets. The potato farmer and packer-shipper has been in business since the 1920s.
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Mr. Fries Man reveals a world of home chef entrepreneurs

by David Weinberg
Nov 8, 2016
This was the first time I’d ever bought french fries from a guy in a parking lot. And I had a lot of questions.
Craig Batiste — Mr. Fries Man — is part of an underground community of African-American home chefs in and around South Los Angeles who use Instagram to sell home cooked meals directly to customers.
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Codebreaker

Mac users are different than PC users

by John Moe
Apr 25, 2011
No, this was not a study in the most recent issue of the scholarly journal Duh. It's a set of data culled from some 388,000 people on the questio...
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