McCain Foods

McCain Foods Limited
Private
Industry Frozen Foods
Founded Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada (1957)
Headquarters Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada
Key people
 Allison D. McCain - Chairman
Dirk Van de Put - President & CEO of McCain Foods Limited
Darryl Rowe - President & CEO of McCain Foods (Canada)
Products French fries, appetizers, vegetables, desserts, entrees, and oven meals
Revenue $6.5 billion CAD (2009)
Number of employees
 19,000 (2012)[1]
Website http://www.mccain.com

McCain Foods Limited is a Canadian multi-national privately owned company that was established in 1957 in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada.[2] It is the world's largest producer of French fries and other oven-ready frozen food products, like frozen desserts.

History

Originally founded by four brothers - Harrison McCain, Wallace McCain, Robert McCain, and Andrew McCain - the company is still privately held by their descendants.

McCain Foods has 19,000 employees and 50 production facilities spanning six continents. It sells one-third of the world's frozen French fries products in more than 160 countries.[3]

Based on 2014 sales, it is the 19th largest private company in Canada, according to The Globe and Mail's Report on Business.[4]

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