McCain Foods Breaks Ground for Major Expansion of New Brunswick Potato Processing Plant

Management at McCain Foods and invited guests officially broke ground today to mark the start of construction on the major expansion to its French fry plant in Florenceville-Bristol

October 03, 2016

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McCain Foods (Canada)

Management at McCain Foods and invited guests officially broke ground today to mark the start of construction on the major expansion to its French fry plant in Florenceville-Bristol as announced in June.

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From left to Right: Allison McCain, Chairman, McCain Foods Limited, Andrew Harvey, MLA Carleton-Victoria, Dale McCarthy, VP Integrated Supply Chain NA, David Good, Director Agriculture Supplier Relations NA, Shai Altman, President, McCain Foods Canada, Karl Curtis, Mayor of Florenceville-Bristol, Jeff DeLapp, Regional President NA, Matt Hemphill, Executive Director Potatoes New Brunswick, Marc Kilfoil, French Fry Plant Manager, TJ Harvey, MP Tobique-Mactaquac, Greg Toner, Regional Director, Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries.

The 32,000 square foot expansion housing a new production line with state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and technology will allow the company to meet the growing demands for hash browns and other specialty potato products with their retail and foodservice customers across North America.

The company expects the new line to begin production in August 2017.

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From Left to Right: Jim Pryde, Sr. Manager Engineering, Chris Brooks, Sr. Project Engineer, Luc Theriault, Start-Up Manager, Marc Kilfoil, French Fry Plant Manager, Germain Pinette, Sr. Director Manufacturing.