McCain Foods Canada - Portage la Prairie

Company Description

McCain Foods Canada - Portage la Prairie is one of the two French Fry production plants of McCain Foods (Canada), located in Manitoba.

At the McCain Foods Portage la Prairie potato processing plant work more than 300 employees (2019).

A subsidiary of:

McCain Foods Canada

Product Types offered by this company

- French Fries and Potato Specialties
- - Frozen French Fries
  - Frozen Potato Specialties

News for this Company

2018 Top Grower: The Adriaansen family of A&M Farm Ventures Ltd. with executives from McCain Foods

January 07, 2020

McCain Foods Announces 2018 Top Potato Growers at Annual Manitoba Awards Banquet

Annual event caps off 40th Anniversary celebrations in 2019 highlighted by CAD 75 Million in investments at facilities in Portage la Prairie and Carberry.

This is how potato harvest should look, but not so for Manitoba potato growers who are now dealing with two bad harvest years in a row. (Courtesy: Luc Gamache)

November 08, 2019

Frost ends Manitoba potato harvest

Frost last week ended Manitoba’s potato harvest, leaving thousands of acres undug.
It’s the second year wet soils prevented potato farmers from getting all the crop off before heavy frost ruined it.

McCain Foods Portage la Prairie, Manitoba facility celebrated 40 years in business on April 15th with dignitaries joining McCain executives to officially open its new $10 million potato receiving area. (Pictured left to right: Ian Wishart, MLA, Portage la

April 30, 2019

McCain Foods Portage la Prairie Facility Celebrates 40 Years in Business

On April 16, 2019, McCain Foods (Canada) celebrated the 40th anniversary of its Portage la Prairie, Manitoba facility and also officially opened its new potato receiving area at a special ceremony hosted onsite at the potato processing facility.

The McCain Foundation committed $50,000 towards the funding of a new interactive water fountain for families to enjoy at a park in the Portage la Prairie community.

December 19, 2018

McCain Foods in Manitoba prepares for 40th Anniversary Celebrations in 2019

Beginning in the New Year, McCain Foods (Canada) will celebrate 40 years of sustained operation and investment in Manitoba together with employees, growers and neighbours in the local communities where it operates: Carberry and Portage la Prairie.