If you're ever passing through New Brunswick, Canada, there's a small museum/exhibit called Potato World near the local McCain factory (one of the largest of the 4 companies listed). I visited a...
If you're ever passing through New Brunswick, Canada, there's a small museum/exhibit called Potato World near the local McCain factory (one of the largest of the 4 companies listed).
I visited a few years ago, and they had a good amount of info about the modern "Big Potato industry", including bragging about the huge market-share of french fries McCains supplies worldwide.
I can't remember specifics now, but I was completely unshocked about the news of the lawsuit given there areso few companies to compete.
As someone who grew up in Atlantic Canada, I was always proud to eat McCains products, knowing they were a local business and bought up most of the potatoes grown in the Atlantic provinces. As an...
As someone who grew up in Atlantic Canada, I was always proud to eat McCains products, knowing they were a local business and bought up most of the potatoes grown in the Atlantic provinces. As an adult I'm just "wtf they own everything potato and more".
If you're ever passing through New Brunswick, Canada, there's a small museum/exhibit called Potato World near the local McCain factory (one of the largest of the 4 companies listed).
I visited a few years ago, and they had a good amount of info about the modern "Big Potato industry", including bragging about the huge market-share of french fries McCains supplies worldwide.
I can't remember specifics now, but I was completely unshocked about the news of the lawsuit given there areso few companies to compete.
As someone who grew up in Atlantic Canada, I was always proud to eat McCains products, knowing they were a local business and bought up most of the potatoes grown in the Atlantic provinces. As an adult I'm just "wtf they own everything potato and more".