Almost anyone who eats french fries will at some point eat a McCain french fry. One of every three fries sold worldwide comes from McCain which translates into one hundred million servings of McCain french fries each and every day.
Founded by two brothers, Harrison and Wallace McCain, their first plant opened in 1957 in a tiny rural village in Canada. Over fifty years later, McCain has become the world’s only truly global french fry producer.
McCain Foods USA entered the U.S. market more than 30 years ago and is a leading supplier of frozen potato and snack food products for the foodservice markets, which includes major national food chains. McCain also supplies retail grocery chains with both McCain and private label potato products. Popular McCain frozen snack foods are sold under the Moore’s, Anchor and Brew City brands, and the Ellio’s frozen pizza brand.
McCain Foods Limited is an international leader in the frozen food industry employing over 20,000 people and operating 57 production facilities on six continents. A privately-held company headquartered in Canada, McCain has annual sales of over C$6 billion and is the world’s largest producer of french fries and potato specialties. The company’s products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers in more than 130 countries around the world.
McCain Foods Limited incorporated May 24, 1956 and, in 1957, production began at the first plant in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada.
First entry into U.S. market.
French fry plant acquired in Washburn, Maine.
French fry plant purchased in Easton, Maine.
Potato processing plant acquired in Othello, Washington.
McCain acquires the assets of Ellio's Pizza, Lodi, New Jersey.
A $35 million expansion is announced for the Othello, Washington, potato processing facility.
McCain Foods purchases the Ore-Ida foodservice frozen french fry and appetizers business in the United States at a cost of $500 million (USD).
Announcement of a major $70.8 million (USD) expansion to more than double the production capacity of its french fry processing facility in Easton, Maine.
McCain Foods Limited acquired the production facilities and foodservice business of Anchor Food Products Inc., a leading U.S. manufacturer of frozen appetizers with sales of $503 million (USD) in 2000.
McCain Foods acquired Jon-Lin, Inc. of Colton, California, a foodservice manufacturer of roasted vegetables and other potato and vegetable appetizer products.
McCain Foods USA, headquartered in Lisle, Illinois, employs over 4,300 people and operates 10 production facilities in Maine, Washington, Wisconsin, Idaho, New Jersey, California and Nebraska serving a customer base that includes McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Arby’s, Wal-Mart, and many others across the U.S.
Winning with Customers and Consumers
Driving Quality and Innovation
Creating Enablers to Fuel Investment
Achieving Profitable Growth
From the start, we've been building a team of excellent individuals who value integrity, responsibility and good work ethics. We act upon those values every day as demonstrated by the high standard of behavior we uphold in everything we do.
We are one team hungry for change, striving for excellence in all that we do
We work every day to make our customers and consumers smile
We value continuous improvement in our people, our products and our business
We cherish the “can do” spirit, trying but failing is okay, failing to try is not
We dare to be different: new ideas, innovation and differentiation matter
We value teamwork and the sharing of ideas
We win market by market and create advantage by leveraging our global scale
We believe that honesty, integrity, and fair dealings are integral to our success – good ethics is good business
We “drink the local wine” - we are multi-cultural and care about our people, our families, and our local community
We take pride in being a family business
CALIFORNIA McCain Foods USA1620 N. 8th StreetPO Box 680Colton, CA 92324
IDAHO McCain Foods USA218 West Hwy 30Burley, ID 83318
ILLINOIS (USA Headquarters)McCain Foods USA2275 Cabot Drive Lisle, IL 60532
MAINE McCain Foods USA319 Richardson RoadPO Box 159Easton, ME 04740
NEBRASKA McCain Foods USA2629 North Broadwell AvenueGrand Island, NE 68803
NEW JERSEY McCain Foods USA11 Gregg StreetLodi, NJ 07644
WASHINGTON McCain Foods USA100 Lee Street Othello, WA 99344
WISCONSIN McCain Foods USA555 N. Hickory Farm LaneAppleton, WI 54914
McCain Foods USA 801 Rockwell AvenueFort Atkinson, WI 53538
McCain Foods USA Hwy 54 West & 110 StreetPO Box 10Plover, WI 54467
McCain Foods USA 100 West Coleman StreetRice Lake, WI 54868