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  McCain Foods Limited - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McCain Foods Limited, a privately owned company established in 1957 by the McCain brothers in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada, is the world's largest producer of french fries and other oven-ready frozen foods.
In 1990 McCain acquires New Zealand Alpine Foods Ltd., a vegetable processor, in Timaru, New Zealand.
In 1999 McCain purchases the assets of Fraîcheur d’Europe of Vic-sur-Aisne, France.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McCain_Foods_Limited   (944 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : John McCain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
McCain was born in Coco Solo in the Panama Canal Zone, the son and grandson of prominent U.S. Navy admirals (John S. McCain, Jr.
McCain was found to have no involvement in what became known as the Keating Five scandal, but the ordeal may have led to his later support of campaign finance reform.
On May 23, 2005, McCain was one of fourteen moderate senators to forge a compromise on the Democrats' use of the judicial filibuster, thus blocking the Republican leadership's attempt to implement the so-called "nuclear option".
www.hallencyclopedia.com /John_McCain   (2433 words)

  
 Maple Leaf Foods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was founded in 1927 as a merger of several major Toronto meat packers, most prominently William Davies Co., and was immediately Canada's largest food processor, a title it would hold for the next sixty years.
It was purchased by the British Hillsdown Holdings who sold or closed most of its slaughterhouses and merged the firm with Maple Leaf Mills, and renaming it Maple Leaf Foods.
After being successfully revived the company was purchased by Wallace McCain, formerly co-CEO of McCain Foods, who had been ousted by his brother and co-owner Harrison McCain, in 1995 along with the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maple_Leaf_Foods   (295 words)

  
 87804 -- McCain Foods USA, Inc. v. Central Processors, Inc. -- Six -- Kansas Supreme Court
McCain contracted with Allen Foods to process and deliver cases of potato wedges under the USDA contract less a one percent commission.
McCain made further demands for payment of the funds owed to it, but Allen [Foods] failed or refused to pay the sums owed of $238,345.00 ($241,890.00 less a 1% commission).
McCain's Illinois judgment against Allen was registered in the Sedgwick County, Kansas, District Court, Case No. 99 C 2574, on August 24, 1999 pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.
www.kscourts.org /kscases/supct/2002/20021220/87804.htm   (6726 words)

  
 McCain Foods Standardizes on Crystal Decisions to Improve Reporting and Analysis of Key Business Information
McCain Foods has more than 18,000 employees and has the capacity to produce one million pounds of potato products every hour in its 32 potato processing plants around the world.
McCain Foods expects to cut IT costs by leveraging the ease-of-use, drag and drop reporting capabilities, remote administration and configuration of users, zero footprint clients, and the ease of integration within proprietary applications of Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Reports and Crystal Analysis.
McCain Foods Limited, with international headquarters in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada, has annual sales of more than C$5 billion and manufacturing operations in 13 countries on five continents.
www.businessobjects.com /news/presscd/2002/030501.asp   (866 words)

  
 agencyfaqs! > news & features > company news > McCain Foods to set up Potato processing plant in India
McCain Foods India (Private) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of McCain Foods - world’s largest producer of French fries and potato specialties with sales of over $6bn — will set up a potato processing plant in India.
McCain’s choice of North Gujarat for its first plant in India follows extensive agronomy trials to identify the area with best potential in India to grow French fry quality potatoes with use of improved agronomy practices.
McCain works closely with farmers in Gujarat in sharing the best agronomy practices - modern irrigation systems, new planting techniques, objective methods of fertilizer and pesticide applications and contemporary methods of potato storing.
www.agencyfaqs.com /news/company_news/Corporate/4969.html   (543 words)

  
 McCain Foods Ovations - French Fries with Zero Grams Trans Fat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
French fries (called french fries in the United States, chips in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Commonwealth; frites (or pommes frites) in France and Belgium) are potatoes that have been cut and deep-fried (i.e., french-fried potatoes).
The largest producer of french fries in the world is McCain Foods Limited, a Canadian company in Florenceville, New Brunswick.
Such is the popularity of french fries that McCain Foods Limited can produce potato products at the rate of more than 1,000,000 lb/h (125 kg/s) in its 30 potato processing plants on six continents around the world.
www.foodservice.com /iexhibit/mccain_ovations   (267 words)

  
 McCAIN FOODS (CANADA)
McCain Foods (Canada), Grand Falls Frozen Food Plant operates a frozen food processing plant on the Trans Canada Highway, in Grand Falls, New Brunswick.
McCain Foods (Canada) is in the preliminary stages of upgrading their Grand Falls plant to a nominal 15 tonnes per hour on the French fry Line and 4 tonnes per hour on the By-product Line, expected start-up date in 2003.
McCain Foods (Canada), Grand Falls Frozen Food Plant is required to comply with the Air Quality Regulation - Clean Air Act and operate under terms and conditions established in its Approval to Operate, issued pursuant to Section 3 of the Air Quality Regulation - Clean Air Act.
www.gnb.ca /0009/0355/0005/I-2079_E-1.html   (2466 words)

  
 Latitude Adjustment - Feature Articles - Prepared Foods
Furthermore, food manufacturers are realizing that 39 million U.S. consumers are foreign born, and consumer awareness of ethnic foods has increased by 57% in the past 10 years, according to Yankelovich Monitor (Chapel Hill, N.C.).
McCain’s foodservice division began development of the nuevo Latino cuisine in June of 2004, which meant a time-to-market development period of a little less than a year, considering May 2005 was the launch date of the Latin Latitudes line.
McCain developers were allowed to flex their culinary muscles, so to speak, to deliver true culinary innovation to the consumer and, in the process, presented foodservice operators with items that suggest back-of-house creation: Latin Latitudes’ spring rolls, for example, give the appearance of being hand-rolled.
www.preparedfoods.com /CDA/Articles/Feature_Article/15c6b4cd67788010VgnVCM100000f932a8c0____   (1864 words)

  
 MCCAIN FOODS (CANADA)
McCain Foods (Canada), Florenceville Frozen Food Plant operates a frozen food processing plant in the Town of Florenceville, New Brunswick.
McCain Foods (Canada), Florenceville Frozen Food Plant is required to comply with the Air Quality Regulation - Clean Air Act and operate under terms and conditions established in its Approval to Operate, issued pursuant to Section 3 of the Air Quality Regulation - Clean Air Act.
McCain Foods (Canada), Florenceville Frozen Food Plant indicates that its position on public outreach is to foster positive community relations by maintaining an open-door policy, whereby any member of the public or interested party wishing to obtain further information about the operation may contact McCain Foods (Canada), Florenceville Frozen Food Plant during regular business hours.
www.gnb.ca /0009/0355/0005/I-2754_E-1.html   (1078 words)

  
 Northern Maine - Successes - McCain's
McCain Foods Limited is the largest producer of French fries in the world, and a major processor of other frozen food.
McCain first began operations in northern Maine in 1975, when it purchased Taterstate Frozen Foods.
In November 2000, McCain broke ground on a major new $100 million potato processing plant, in Easton.
www.appme.org /successes/mccain.asp   (296 words)

  
 Mccain Foods USA
McCain Foods Limited began producing frozen French fries in a small Florenceville, N.B., factory in January 1957.
Globally, McCain Foods has potato and other food processing facilities in Canada, United States, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Columbia, Argentina and Poland.
McCain products now embrace not only a complete line of French fries and potato specialties, but also green vegetables, desserts, pizzas, juices and beverages, oven meals, entrées and other quality food products.
www.foodservicecentral.com /storefronts/mccainfoods.html   (172 words)

  
 Global Potato News: Press Releases - Details About Potatoes: McCain Foods acquires Belleisle Foods in New Brunswick, ...
McCain Foods has acquired Belleisle Foods Ltd. of Belleisle Creek near Sussex, N.B., a leading manufacturer of frozen Chinese foods, including egg rolls and Chinese entrées.
Belleisle Foods was founded in 1984 by Peter Pope, who became CEO, and his two brothers, Roy and Fred Pope.
McCain is the world’s largest processor of frozen French fried potatoes and a major producer of other quality frozen foods, selling its products in more than 110 countries.
www.potatonews.com /pressreleases/press_detail.asp?id=365   (362 words)

  
 McCain Foods Canadian food giant McCain Foods has named Dale F. Morrison as president and CEO of the company, with ...
McCain Foods Canadian food giant McCain Foods has named Dale F. Morrison as president and CEO of the company, with global responsibility for all McCain Group companies and operations, effective June 1.
Canadian food giant McCain Foods has named Dale F. Morrison as president and CEO of the company, with global responsibility for all McCain Group companies and operations, effective June 1.
McCain Foods Ltd. (Officials and employees) • Food industry (Officials and employees) • Canada
www.allbusiness.com /retail-trade/food-beverage-stores/147500-1.html   (405 words)

  
 agencyfaqs! > news & features > David, Delhi, bags McCain Foods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
McCain Foods, which enjoys a 70 per cent market share in frozen French fry/potato speciality products in India, supplies its products to all leading fast food restaurants, hotels and catering companies such as McDonald’s, KFC, Pizza Hut, the Oberoi Group, the Taj Group, Mary Brown, TGIF and Haldiram’s.
Jaideep Mukherji, country manager, McCain Foods India, says, “Though frozen French fry/potato speciality products are still at a nascent stage in the Indian retail market, going by the emerging trends, we see a huge potential in this sector.
For the record, McCain Foods is the world’s largest producer of French fries and potato specialities, with annual sales of over $6 billion.
www.agencyfaqs.com /news/stories/2006/02/06/14102.html   (348 words)

  
 McCain stands tall in Australia. | Wholesale Trade > Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods from AllBusiness.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The strength of McCain Foods' research and development team and marketing arm enables it to respond to consumer demands very quickly.
McCain Foods is neck and neck with a competitor for market leadership in the frozen vegetable category, having steadily increased share in recent years.
However, the growth opportunities have been in the value-added area, where McCain Foods continually refreshes its range of stir-fry and baby vegetables in an effort to grow market share even more.
www.allbusiness.com /periodicals/article/204162-1.html   (621 words)

  
 Quick Frozen Foods International Featured Article
Last year was also a momentous one for McCain Foods, as it added Canada’s largest manufacturer of frozen Chinese entrees to its own stable of companies.
McCain’s newest product line, introduced last year, is the thin crust Pizza International Canadian Pizza (toppings are pepperoni, beef with soya, Italian sausage, Canadian cheddar cheese and ham).
McCain Foods’ McCauley also noted that the latest trend in the frozen food industry is products with reduced fat and sugar content, in line with the public’s growing concern about health and obesity.
www.qffintl.com /pdf/aprril_2004/frozen_1.cfm   (934 words)

  
 Global Potato News: News Detail About Potatoes: McCain Foods to acquire US frozen food company
McCain Foods Limited has agreed to acquire Jon-Lin, Inc. of Colton, Calif., a food service manufacturer of premium sautéed, grilled, fire-roasted and smokehouse roasted vegetables as well as onion rings and other appetizer pr...">
McCain Foods Limited has agreed to acquire Jon-Lin, Inc. of Colton, Calif., a food service manufacturer of premium sautéed, grilled, fire-roasted and smokehouse roasted vegetables as well as onion rings and other appetizer products.
The acquisition of the private company was announced jointly today by Dale Morrison, President and CEO of McCain Foods Limited, and Russell Burch, President, CEO and principal shareholder of Jon-Lin.
www.potatonews.com /news/news_detail_members.asp?guest=true&id=7045   (338 words)

  
 McCain Foods Limited Company Profile - News, Press Releases, Key Numbers & Summary
McCain foods to close Feilding potato plant - 29 Apr 2006 - Employment
McCain Foods isn't a small-fry company: It's the #1 French fry maker in the world, processing about one million pounds of French fries and other potato products per hour.
The McCain family began producing French fries in 1957 and still owns the company.
www.smartbrief.com /news/gma/companyData.jsp?companyId=4419   (236 words)

  
 brandchannel.com | Global Brands Managing Locally | McDonald's, McCain Foods, Philips, Singer| brands | brand | ...
The American fast food chain has become such a routine part of the landscape in parts of Asia, for example, that kids may not even be aware of the company's foreign origins.
According to the University of Western Ontario's Dawar, McCain Foods of Canada is the largest international supplier of French fries to McDonald's.
McCain is a very local brand in each of the markets in which it operates." A spokesperson for McCain affirmed this view in an email correspondence.
www.brandchannel.com /features_effect.asp?pf_id=261   (2410 words)

  
 McCain Foods Founder Harrison McCain Dies at 76
McCain Foods Founder Harrison McCain Dies at 76
Foods Limited, died Thursday, March 18, at Lahey Clinic in
A native of Florenceville, Harrison McCain was born November
www.qffintl.com /news/readnews_test.cfm?article=1048   (507 words)

  
 McCain Foods: Food Allergy Safety Measures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The only nuts present in their bakery are whole shell pecans, which are hand-shelled and hand-placed on the appropriate poducts, minimizing risk of pecan dust cross-contamination.
McCain's also has an excellent allergy awareness program in place with their employees.
This is McCain's Toronto office number, but ask for Kevin Flannigan in the Research Dept. at McCain's international headquarters in the Canadian Maritimes.
www.nuconnexions.com /Allergy/McCain.htm   (133 words)

  
 Food Sales Systems   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A leading supplier of branded food products in the foodservice industry; quality protein products, roasts and sliced meats, lean deli meats, frozen prepared Mexican entrees and dairy products.
McCain® is a leader in Innovation and will show you how to make more profits using the McCain® line of products.
Manufacturer of the world's finest spices, sauces, oils, gravies, food coloring and flavor extracts.
www.foodsalessystems.com /products.cfm   (469 words)

  
 McCain Kids
When serving food to kids keep the plate simple but fun.
McCain Sweet Classics desserts are warm, shareable and bite-sized.
McCain Foods USA, Inc. announces "Great Food, Good Sense" taking the lead in zero grams trans fat potatoes.
www.mccainkids.com   (100 words)

  
 Suppliers Links
McCain Foods is the world's largest producer of potatoes and appetizers.
McCain Foods USA is a major supplier of french fries and appetizers to the United States foodservice industry.
The McCain USA Potato Division is made up of familiar brands such as McCain, Ore Ida, and Brew City.
www.uniprofoodservice.com /AboutUnipro/SupplierLinks.asp?SupplierLinkCategoryID=6&SupplierLinkID=9   (176 words)

  
 McCain Foods (Canada) - The Balance of Living Well
McCain Foods (Canada) and Rose Reisman have partnered to bring Canadians the Balance of Living Well.
As the national spokesperson for balanced living for McCain Foods (Canada), my goal is to help families achieve balance in their lives.
When it comes to food choices and physical activity, not every day will be perfect.
www.livingwell.mccain.ca   (330 words)

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