The list was compiled through an extensive judging process by industry experts, chaired by Lord Haskins, former government adviser and CEO of Northern Foods.
McCain Foods Limited, Canadian manufacturer of frozen food products including French fries, appetizers, pizzas, vegetables, desserts, juices, entrées and oven meals, has grown considerably in the last decade.
Social media is the current buzz, of course. All the kids have Facebook accounts, in fact Facebook has just passed 500 million users. Which is a staggering number. If we could tap into that it would be absolutely brilliant. Ben & Jerry's has gone for it. And to be honest I really don't blame them.
(Norwich, UK, July 12, 2010)—Astrapak is an aggressively expanding packaging company, working with names as big as Unilever, Pioneer Foods, Tiger Brands, Clover Danone McCain Foods, and Pick’n’Pay. In an interview with Food & Drink Digital, Marco Baglione, Astrapak’s CEO explains how his company is able to bring in these big clients.
The Chicago Town brands portfolio includes products such as the Chicago Town Deep Dish, Chicago Town Takeaway and Chicago Town Edge To Edge. The agency was awarded the brief following a competitive five-way pitch for the brands’ social media account.
Underwired Amaze was hired by frozen foods giant, McCain Foods in May 2008. After two years the company has announced that its core customer base saw a sales increase of 38 percent. Underwired’s campaign also saw brand consideration increase by 11 percent and average purchase frequency increase by 3 percent.
The leading insurer said that McCain's most recent published accounts to June 2007 were "too old for underwriting purposes", in a letter seen by The Sunday Telegraph.
Maple Leaf Foods has a business model and product portfolio that are basically "recession resilient," Michael McCain, its chief executive, said on Wednesday.
The company announced a voluntary recall of 1,100 cases of its Shopsy's All Beef Frankfurters and Maple Leaf Original Hot Dogs, and said that last summer's listeriosis outbreak cost it as much as C$69
By David WeldonTwo years ago, few outside of the food processing or nutritional counseling sectors had probably heard of trans fats (trans fatty acids).
By David WeldonWhen McCain Foods made the decision to go totally transfat free by the end of this year, the announcement was no small potatoes.In fact, it was huge potatoes. As the largest manufacturer of French fries in the world, McCain processes nearly one million pounds of potato products per hour. That is a lot of no fat.