[WorldKings – World Almanac Event 2023] 66th anniversary of establishment of Mccain Foods (February 23, 1957 – February 23, 2023) - Worldkings

(Worldkings.org) McCain Foods is the world's largest manufacturer of frozen potato products. Its major competitors are Simplot and ConAgra.

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

It is the world's largest manufacturer of frozen potato products. Its major competitors are Simplot and ConAgra.

In their first year of production, the company hired 30 employees and grossed over $150,000 in sales. During the 1970s-1990s, the company expanded into additional prepared food markets including frozen pizza and vegetables.

Company achievements:

- McCain Foods works with about 3,500 farmers and buys about 6.8 million tons of potatoes annually.

- McCain Foods is the world's largest producer of frozen potato products, with more than 21,000 employees; 53 manufacturing facilities on 6 continents and generates more than $9.3 billion in annual sales.

- McCain Foods has entered the Top 10 most valuable food brands in the world voted by Brand Finance in 2019.

- McCain Foods ranks 55th in the Food and Agriculture Benchmark system as announced by the World Benchmarking Alliance.

McCain Foods is the UK's best-selling frozen fries and frozen potato products brand, leading with 14.7 million consumers in 2018.

According to en.wikipedia

[WorldKings – World Almanac Event 2023] 66th anniversary of establishment of Mccain Foods (February 23, 1957 – February 23, 2023)

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