McCain Foods

McCain Foods Limited is a Canadian multinational frozen food company established in 1957 in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

McCain Foods Limited
TypePrivate
IndustryFrozen food
FoundedFlorenceville, New Brunswick, Canada (1957)
FoundersHarrison McCain
Wallace McCain
HeadquartersFlorenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, Canada
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Allison D. McCain - Chairman
Max Koeune - President and CEO of McCain Foods Limited
Danielle Barran - President of McCain Foods (Canada)
ProductsFrench fries, appetizers, vegetables, desserts, entrees, and oven meals
Revenue $6.8 billion USD (2017)
Number of employees
22,000 (2020)[1]
Websitemccain.com

It is the world's largest manufacturer of frozen potato products.[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]

Media sponsorships

McCain has sponsored television shows including All Star Family Fortunes and British soap opera Emmerdale.[14][15]

References
  1. "Our business brands". Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  2. "Company history". McCain Foods. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Conagra Brands completes Lamb Weston spinoff, name change". AP News. Associated Press. November 10, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  6. The Associated Press (May 14, 2011). "McCain Foods co-founder Wallace McCain dies at 81". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  7. Waldie, Paul (March 20, 2004). "McCain's passing raises questions". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  8. "McCain Foods". CareerBeacon. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  9. "McCain Foods co-founder dies". CBC News. May 14, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  10. Nunes, Keith (April 5, 2017). "McCain Foods USA to invest $200 million in french fry manufacturing expansion". Baking Business. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  11. "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.
  12. Parkin, Tom (December 4, 2017). "Morneau scandal shows middle class was never Liberals' top concern". The Toronto Sun.
  13. "2020 L.I.P. Best of Packaging - McCain Foods". Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  14. Kyle, Sarah (February 15, 2017). "New on-pack promotion from McCain". Talking Retail. EMAP. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  15. "Competition to win a taste of fame and fortune with McCain Home Fries". PRWeb. November 20, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
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