Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana meaʻai maloʻo, ua wehe nā kaikunāne i ka hale hana mua o McCain Foods ma ko lākou kūlanakauhale ʻo Florenceville, New Brunswick, i ka makahiki 1957, me ka hana ʻana i nā fries palani maloʻo, i lilo i mea hōʻailona, ʻaʻole wale no ka hui ʻo McCains, akā no ka hui. ʻoihana ʻuala honuay.
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Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka ʻohana, ua hoʻokumu koke ʻia ʻo McCain Foods ma ka mākeke Kanada. ʻO ia wale nō ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi huakaʻi e lilo i mea hana nui loa o ka honua i nā fries palani maloʻo. I kēia lā, ma kahi o hoʻokahi o kēlā me kēia ʻehā pālaʻi ma ka honua nei he ʻai ʻo McCain Foods.
E like me ka inoa ʻo McCain, ʻo McCain Foods Limited kahi ʻano o nā ʻoihana e hana ana i loko o nā ʻāpana ʻuala a me ka appetizer i hoʻomākaukau ʻia, ka mahi ʻana i ka hua ʻuala, ka lawe ʻana a me nā mea hou aku. Aia kēia mau mea:
- ʻO McCain Foods, ka mea loea i nā ʻano huahana ʻuala i hoʻomākaukau ʻia a me nā mea ʻai, e hana ana i loko o ka lawelawe meaʻai a me nā ala kūʻai;
- ʻO Van Geloven, ka mea e hoʻolako i nā ʻano meaʻai maʻalahi a me nā meaʻai ma waena o nā ʻano mea kūʻai aku;
- ʻO Lutosa, he mea hoʻolako honua i nā huahana ʻuala maikaʻi i hoʻolalelale i nā fries french fries mua, nā meaʻai ʻuala maloʻo a me nā flakes ʻuala maloʻo;
- ʻO CelaVita, kahi mea hana i nā huahana ʻuala i hoʻolako ʻia i nā ʻuala hou i ka hale kūʻai kūʻai, lawelawe meaʻai a me ka ʻoihana;
- ʻO ka Infinity Foods, ka mea e hoʻopuka ai i nā mea ʻai maloʻo e like me ka ʻili ʻuala piha, nā pīni ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a me nā nahu mac a me ka tiiki; a
- ʻO Day & Ross, kahi lima e hāʻawi ana i nā lawelawe kaʻa a me ka logistic.
Mai kinohi mai, ua hana pili o McCain me ka poe mahiai e hoolako ana i kana uala a me na mea e ae. I kēia lā, aia i kāna pūnaewele ma kahi o 3,500 mau mahiʻai ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. He alakaʻi ʻo McCain i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka mahiʻai, a ua hana pū me ia e hoʻokō i nā hana mahiʻai maikaʻi e pili ana i ka palekana meaʻai, traceability, hoʻomau kaiapuni, biodiversity a me ke olakino lepo.
Ma ke kākoʻo ʻana i kāna ʻoihana ʻoihana, hoʻomaka hou, ua ulu nui ʻo McCain Foods i nā makahiki. Loaʻa nā huahana McCain—ʻoi aku ka nui o nā fries a me nā mea ʻai—ma mua o 160 mau ʻāina. Hoʻohana ka hui i kahi hui like ʻole o 22,000 poʻe ma nā ʻāina ʻeono, me nā kūʻai honua ma mua o $ 8 biliona. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ʻo McCain Foods ma mua o ka mea a Wallace, Harrison, Robert a me Andrew McCain i noʻonoʻo ai he 60 mau makahiki i hala. Eia nō naʻe, ʻohana ka ʻoihana, me nā waiwai o ka maikaʻi o ka huahana, nā kānaka, a me nā lawelawe mea kūʻai aku e alakaʻi ana i nā mea āpau.
"Ua kau ka maʻi maʻi i kahi kikoʻī i ke ʻano kūlohelohe o kā mākou ʻōnaehana meaʻai honua," wahi a Max Koeune, Luna Nui o McCain. "Akā ʻo nā pilikia nui a mākou e kū nei e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau. Ua manaʻo ʻia he hapahā o ka hoʻoheheʻe kalapona i hana ʻia e ke kanaka mai ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai, a inā pono mākou e hoʻonui i ka meaʻai no ka hānai ʻana i nā poʻe hou aʻe, e piʻi wale ana ia. Inā ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻololi i ke ʻano o kā mākou ulu ʻana i ka meaʻai, ua pilikia ka ʻōnaehana holoʻokoʻa i ka pōʻino hiki ʻole ke hoʻoponopono ʻia.
Hoʻolālā ʻo McCain e hoʻokō i nā hana mahiʻai regenerative i ka mua ma kāna ʻekolu 'Farms of the Future', ʻo ka mea mua e hana nei i Florenceville, ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Kanada o New Brunswick. ʻO ia mau mahiʻai he mau moena hoʻāʻo no nā hana mahiʻai, kākoʻo ʻia e ka ʻenehana a me nā mea hou, hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia ʻo McCain ma ke ʻano nui a hiki ke kūpono i ka ʻoihana no ka poʻe mahiʻai.
"Ua hoʻi ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo i ka mahiʻai Regenerative i ko mākou aʻa ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana mahiʻai," wahi a Koeune. "Ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi honua i ka hana meaʻai, he kuleana ko McCain e noʻonoʻo hou i ke ʻano o kā mākou ulu ʻana i ka ʻuala ma ke ʻano e pono ai ka honua a me nā kaiāulu kahi a mākou e hana ai. Pono mākou e hana i kēia lā e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā mea i ka lā ʻapōpō. "