December 2017 Digital Issue

SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
ROOTED
IN
SUCCESS
McCain Foods Canada
remains hometown proud
BY AMY BOSTOCK
PHOTOGRAPH BY NICK WONG
ON THE BANKS OF the Saint John River
in New Brunswick sits the town of Florenceville —
French fry capital of the world and home to the global
headquarters of McCain Foods.
Founded in 1957 by Wallace and Harrison McCain,
along with their brothers Robert and Andrew, McCain
Foods’ processing plant was able to process 1,500 lbs.
of potato products every hour in its first year of production.
With only 30 employees, in its first year it was
able to gross approximately $150,000 in sales. Today,
the company nets global sales in excess of $9 billion,
employs more than 20,000 people in 51 production
facilities on six continents and sells one-third of the
world’s frozen French fries.
Jeff Veysey, vice-president of Foodservice
Sales and Greg Boyer, director of Marketing,
McCain Foods Canada (left)
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