Diepvriesfrites en aardappelspecialiteiten from Canada

mei 06, 2010

McCain Foods cuts shift at PEI Borden French Fry factory

McCain Foods is permanently reducing the number of production shifts from 3 to 2 at its Borden-Carleton, P.E.I., plant this fall, leading to the layoff of 35 people.Calla Farn, vice-president of government and public relations and corporate affairs for...

april 15, 2010

PEI Potato Farmers reject McCain contract

Prince Edward Island potato farmers have rejected a contract offered by McCain Foods, arguing the proposal was less than one accepted last week from a rival company.The farmers voted Tuesday night against what they called a disappointing price offered ...

april 13, 2010

Process potato growers accept Cavendish Farms contract

Cavendish Farms process growers voted to accept the company’s 2010 contract offer with overwhelming support despite an agreed upon cut in the base price at the end of the season.About 100 growers cast ballots in the recent secret vote and the offer — c...

april 07, 2010

McCain Foods (Canada) partners with Food Banks Canada

McCain Foods (Canada) and Food Banks Canada today announced a multi-year partnership that will assist the almost 800,000 Canadians who rely on local food banks every month. McCain will donate a minimum of $1 million in cash and food over the next thre...

april 01, 2010

New Brunswick Potato farmers contract negotiations with McCain Foods

New Brunswick potato growers are playing the waiting game as negotiations for their 2010 contracts continue with McCain Foods Ltd. In mid March, growers learned the Florenceville-based company will cut the amount of potatoes it buys from them for proc...

maart 31, 2010

Dirk Van de Put Joins McCain as Chief Operating Officer

Today McCain Foods Limited announced the appointment of Dirk Van de Put as Chief Operating Officer, effective May 17th, 2010. In this new role, created as a result of the company’s succession planning efforts, Van de Put will have direct accountability...

maart 16, 2010

McCain to cut New Brunswick potato sourcing by 20 - 30 per cent

Florenceville-based McCain Foods Ltd. is cutting its potato sourcing in New Brunswick by 20 to 30 per cent to respond to lower demand for french fries and other market issues.Weaker U.S. fry consumption, a high loonie, competition from low-priced Euro...

maart 15, 2010

Demand for potatoes drops as Americans eat fewer fries

A delicate global balance in potato trading, and the changes tastes of fry-shy boomers, are hammering the Maritimes potato patch, industry experts say. “U.S. people are eating out less these days,” McCain’s Canada spokesperson Calla Farn told the Sta...

maart 15, 2010

Canadian Potato Growers gird for cutbacks

Joe Brennan and his fellow potato growers in New Brunswick are bracing for the fallout from the French fry meltdown.Mr. Brennan, who is also the chairman of Potatoes New Brunswick, the province's potato marketing board, says he will have no choice this...

februari 24, 2010

McCain Foods buys 20 - 30% less PEI potatoes

McCain Foods Ltd. is cutting the volume of potatoes it buys from P.E.I. farmers by 20 to 30 per cent because of falling demand for french fries, Agriculture Minister George Webster said Tuesday. The cut may mean the company based in Florenceville, N....

februari 03, 2010

New PotatoPro Newsletter: Food Ingredients: Real Simple

Consumers have a strong aversion to difficult terms they do not understand. This is not a new trend and for many years food companies are working to "clean up their labels". But it seems this trend is gaining importance. Read this Newsletter

februari 02, 2010

Cutbacks in potato process contracts could push some growers out

A major plan to beef up potato sales is well underway by the P.E.I. Potato Board and the province, but some of the air leaked out of the tires this week with the announcement that processing companies are cutting back.McCains confirmed it would cut abo...

januari 13, 2010

McCain Foods Canada to use more 'simple ingredients'

McCain Foods (Canada) today unveiled a journey that will see the company change its frozen food products to be made from simple ingredients like people would use if they made them from scratch. With the McCain It's all good(TM) commitment, McCain Food...

januari 06, 2010

McCain Foods gets $24,000 grant for retraining PEI employees

The P.E.I. government approved a grant of more than $24,000 for McCain Foods Ltd., says the Minister of Innovation. The money was used to retrain 65 of the frozen food and potato processing giant's workers during a shutdown at the Borden-Carleton pla...

december 21, 2009

Twenty five years of New York Fries (by Thomas Hagey)

I remember hanging out with Jay Gould's family 25 years ago and hearing him talk about starting a business which would initially sell, skin-on french fries and Coca-Cola. I thought it was a bold move for someone who had cut his teeth on one of Canada...

december 21, 2009

Health Canada plan would put asparaginase in french fries, potato chips to fight acrylamide

Health Canada is proposing an unorthodox way of combatting acrylamide, a food ingredient suspected in some cancers: It wants to let manufacturers put small amounts of asparaginase - also used as a cancer-fighting drug - into potato chips and similar fo...

december 08, 2009

McCain Foods eyes P.E.I. training funds

Officials with McCain Foods Ltd. have been talking to the P.E.I. government about training dollars for employees during an upcoming shutdown of their Borden-Carleton plant. Allan Campbell, the minister of innovation, said the frozen food and potato pr...

november 25, 2009

McCain Foods received award for fryer energy recovery system in Carberry

McCain Foods (Canada) was recognized for its environmental leadership and energy conservation achievements at an awards dinner in Toronto on Nov. 24. The company received the award for its energy recovery system at its potato processing plant in Carber...