McCain Foods, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where McCain Foods comes up
Harrison McCain: The Potato Farmer who Went Big
- ▶ 0:00 Shane Parrish One in three frozen french fries sold anywhere in the world comes from the same company, and it all traces back to a small town with a population of about 1600. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:26 Shane Parrish On May 2419 56, they incorporated McCain Foods Limited, but that wasn't nearly enough money.
- ▶ 11:25 Shane Parrish McCain Foods was a private company, and the program didn't allow personal gain, but he wasn't one to take no for an answer, so he organized a farmer's co-op on the spot, applied through that, and got the grant.
- ▶ 13:57 Shane Parrish He was trying to build a company and the company ate first. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 17:38 Shane Parrish McCain's frozen fries cost nine cents. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:19 Shane Parrish Brits started assuming McCann Foods was a British company.
- ▶ 22:26 Shane Parrish There was no committees at McCain, no studies from high paid consultants. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 24:43 Shane Parrish If McCain had outside shareholders breathing down their neck, they probably would have pulled the plug. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:29 Shane Parrish Everywhere else, McCain had been creating markets. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:14 Shane Parrish McCain proved it could meet their specifications, and once the door opened, it stayed open. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:52 Shane Parrish McCain Foods bought Orr Ida's food service division from H.J. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:11 Shane Parrish That insight delivered in a single sentence at eight o'clock at night in a conference room turned out to be one of the most important decisions in the company's history. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 34:21 Shane Parrish He kept the company headquarters there when everyone said to move to Toronto. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:55 Shane Parrish In October, 1992, without consulting Harrison, Wallace publicly announced that Michael would lead McCain Foods' U.S. operation. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:05 Shane Parrish The company he built from a cow pasture now has factories on six continents. 2 times in the scene
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland
- ▶ 32:11 Rory Sutherland McCain, family controlled. 3 times in the scene
How John Bragg Built 3 Empires From a Small Town [Outliers]
- ▶ 0:37 Shane Parrish He calls McCain Foods, and he asks them one question that would change everything.
- ▶ 11:12 Shane Parrish Now, the McCains were legends. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:18 Shane Parrish He's making onion rings for the McCains because he needs the cash, and somehow in the middle of all this chaos, he decides to get into cable television.
- ▶ 59:43 Shane Parrish And McCain threw him a file that was too hard for the McCain family, onion rings.
Pierre Poilievre: What I Want to Build (and Break) To Fix Canada
- ▶ 55:58 Shane Parrish Um, you know, I'd sneak out of my bedroom and, like, go to the local grocery store and get one of those McCain frozen cakes. 2 times in the scene
John Bragg: The Blueberry Billionaire
- ▶ 28:22 John Bragg But that was exactly it, and then we wanted to have a core of people in the wintertime, and so we started making battered products for McCain Foods.
- ▶ 28:40 Shane Parrish Talk to me about that deal with the McCain's for the onion rings. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 56:29 John Bragg McCain's would be a great example. 2 times in the scene