McCain Foods
vegetables, desserts, entrees, and oven meals | |
Revenue | $14 billion CAD (2023) |
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Number of employees | 20,000 (2023)[1] |
Website | mccain |
McCain Foods Limited is a Canadian
It is the world's largest manufacturer of frozen potato products, with 1 in 4 french fries in the world being a McCain fry.[3] Its major competitors are Simplot and Lamb Weston.[4][5]
History
McCain Foods was co-founded in 1957 by brothers Harrison McCain and Wallace McCain with the help of their two older brothers.[6][7]
In their first year of production, the company hired 30 employees and grossed over $150,000 in sales.[8][6] During the 1970s–1990s, the company expanded into additional prepared food markets including frozen pizza and vegetables.[9]
As of 2017, the company is the world's largest manufacturer of frozen potato products, and has over 20,000 employees and 47 production facilities in six continents. The company generates more than C$8.5 billion in annual sales.[10]
Based on 2014 sales, it is the 19th largest private company in Canada, according to The Globe and Mail's Report on Business.[11] Nancy McCain, of the McCain family, is married to former Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau.[12] In 2020, McCain Foods won the Lausanne Index Prize – Best of Packaging.[13]
UK operations
McCain Foods' UK
A legal case in which McCain Foods (GB) Ltd sued Eco-Tec (Europe) Ltd. was decided by the
References
- ^ "Our business brands". Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ "Company history". McCain Foods. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
- ^ Kennison, Heather (May 3, 2017). "Update: McCain Foods plans $200 million, 180 job expansion of Burley plant". Twin Falls Times-News. Archived from the original on July 5, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ^ Philpott, Tom (November 14, 1014). "Will This New GMO Potato Take Off? McDonald's Has Spoken". Mother Jones. Mother Jones and the Foundation for National Progress. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ "Conagra Brands completes Lamb Weston spinoff, name change". AP News. Associated Press. November 10, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ a b The Associated Press (May 14, 2011). "McCain Foods co-founder Wallace McCain dies at 81". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
- ^ Waldie, Paul (March 20, 2004). "McCain's passing raises questions". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
- ^ "McCain Foods". CareerBeacon. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ^ "McCain Foods co-founder dies". CBC News. May 14, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
- ^ Nunes, Keith (April 5, 2017). "McCain Foods USA to invest $200 million in french fry manufacturing expansion". Baking Business. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
- ^ "2012 Rankings of Canada's 350 biggest private companies". The Globe and Mail. June 28, 2012. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ Parkin, Tom (December 4, 2017). "Morneau scandal shows middle class was never Liberals' top concern". The Toronto Sun.
- ^ "2020 L.I.P. Best of Packaging - McCain Foods". Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ "Celebrating 50 Years of McCain in Scarborough". Yorkshire Coast Radio. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ Allen, A., McCain Foods (GB) Ltd v Eco-Tec (Europe) Ltd [2011 EWHC 66 (TCC) 27/1/11], Gatehouse Chambers, published February 14, 2011, accessed January 16, 2023
- ^ England and Wales High Court (Technology and Construction Court), McCain Foods Gb Ltd v Eco-Tec (Europe) Ltd. (2011) EWHC 66 (TCC), delivered January 27, 2011, accessed January 16, 2023