Table potatoes

January 15, 2026 | News

Why potato professionals should attend FRUIT LOGISTICA

FRUIT LOGISTICA takes place in Berlin from 4 to 6 February 2026, and for potato professionals it is increasingly more than a “fruit-and-veg show.” The fair positions itself as a meeting place for the entire fresh-produce supply chain, which matters for potatoes because competitiveness is now shaped as much by specification management, packing performance and…

September 27, 2022 | Articles

Entrepreneurship combined with daring and vision leads to increased potato turnover

Investing more than 6 million euros to sell baby table potatoes in a shrinking consumer market requires, apart from daring, a great deal of vision. The Norwegian family business Bjertnæs & Hoel is looking to the future and, as a result, is seeing its potato sales increasing every year. At their farm, the four entrepreneurs,…

June 12, 2019 | Articles

Washed table potatoes share in Spanish supermarkets is growing

The Spanish coastal town of Valencia is home to the potato-packaging company Aquilar Patatas. This more than 50-year-old family business, where Vincente Aquilar is in charge and son Robert focuses on the future, is responding to the growing demand for washed table potatoes from the Spanish supermarkets. ‘Whereas 20 years ago only 20 percent of…

February 27, 2018 | Articles

Table potatoes dominate the Chilean market

One of the major aims of the Chilean potato growers is to build up their own chip-processing industry. However, achieving this aim seems like utopia. The country is too isolated for that and faces great competition from neighbour Argentina and, above all, from distant Europe. So, for the present, table potatoes dominate the local market.…