McCain Foods
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Sep 20, 2026
Gianina SchwaneckeCORRESPONDENT
Yes, a lot of flow-on effects as well.
Gianina SchwaneckeCORRESPONDENT
So obviously earlier this year, McCain Foods announced it would close its frozen vegetable factory in Hastings, impacting more than 100 growers of peas, beans, corn and carrots.
Gianina SchwaneckeCORRESPONDENT
A group of growers and local mayors asked McCain to pause the factory closure so that they could carry out a feasibility study for a possible takeover.
Gianina SchwaneckeCORRESPONDENT
which the government actually put $50,000 towards.
Janina SchwanekerCORRESPONDENT
Yes, a lot of flow-on effects as well.
Janina SchwanekerCORRESPONDENT
So obviously earlier this year, McCain Foods announced it would close its frozen vegetable factory in Hastings, impacting more than 100 growers of peas, beans, corn and carrots.
Janina SchwanekerCORRESPONDENT
A group of growers and local mayors asked McCain to pause the factory closure so that they could carry out a feasibility study for a possible takeover.
Janina SchwanekerCORRESPONDENT
which the government actually put $50,000 towards.
Rodrigo PereiraGUEST
So we've been in operation in one way or another for 15 years.
Rodrigo PereiraGUEST
If you look at some of our primary investors, so McCain, for those of you who are not familiar with McCain, really big food company in Canada, produce a ton of potatoes and export a ton of potatoes.
Rodrigo PereiraGUEST
So they've been a backer for a very, very long time.
Rodrigo PereiraGUEST
We have Power Sustainable Leos, also a supporter for quite some time now and Farm Credit Canada.
DonHOST
Even on the convenience store side, the moves are massive.
DonHOST
BP is completely overhauling the marketing department for TravelCenters of America, and McCain Foods just tapped a heavy-hitting PepsiCo executive to run their manufacturing.
speaker_2HOST
If we look closely at the underlying pattern of these moves, especially the incredibly heavy poaching of executives from massive, highly standardized systems like McDonald's or PepsiCo, it tells us something critical about the state of the industry.
DonHOST
What's that?
Pam KlockNARRATOR
Bowl and Basket Shredded Cheese, three for $5.
Pam KlockNARRATOR
Coffee Mate Flavored Creamers, 3.99. McCain Potatoes or Fries, several varieties, 2.99. Maxwell Health Coffee, 3.99. Perry's Ice Cream, buy one, get one free.
Pam KlockNARRATOR
Frito-Lay Variety Packs, 15 to 20 count, several varieties, $9.99. Di Italiano Bread, $2.99. Starkist Chunk-Like Tuna, five for $5.
Pam KlockNARRATOR
Prepperidge Farm Swirl Bread, several varieties, $3.99. Cheetos or Fritos, $3.99 Nabisco Chips Ahoy, $3.99 Pepsi 12-pack, $6.99 plus deposit Gatorade 12-pack, several varieties, $7.99 V8 Juice or V-Fusion, several varieties, $3.99 Frank's Red Hot Sauce, several varieties, $4.49. SpaghettiOs, two for $3.
Brent GunningHOST
no you know what he did he rode the go train
Ben EnnisHOST
no i think you're actually gonna like this oh okay He put a single candle in a McCain deep and delicious cake.
Ben EnnisHOST
I do like that.
Ben EnnisHOST
I do like that.
Ben EnnisHOST
Oh, we were talking about the Joey Bono cup.
Ben EnnisHOST
And then you're
Brent GunningHOST
like, he ate a McCain deep and delicious.
Brent GunningHOST
And both of us are like chocolate schmucklet.
Neil EdmondsGUEST
It's not always easy to sell for the people who are crunching the numbers, but we want our doors to last.
Neil EdmondsGUEST
Some of our first doors are still running 1991 onwards at McCain Foods.
Neil EdmondsGUEST
That's the record holder for why I keep my eye on.
Neil EdmondsGUEST
And that's what we do.
Zarin BurnettHOST
Okay, not a real beaver tail
Elizabeth DuttonHOST
... right, "or now a bunch of other toppings, but that's the classic, and the McCain Deep and Delicious cake.
Elizabeth DuttonHOST
I have no idea if you get those in the US, but it's a cake with, like, a meringue-y frosting-"
Zarin BurnettHOST
Okay
Elizabeth DuttonHOST
"She's an icon.
Elizabeth DuttonHOST
I hope whatever it ends up being is good.
Elizabeth DuttonHOST
Highly recommend the team gets its hands on a McCain cake somehow."
Zarin BurnettHOST
And some BeaverTails.