Wallace McCain
September 13, 2026
Wallace McCain co-founder of McCain’s Foods and bitter battle for control of the family business
On my walk through the glen at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, many hundred miles from Florenceville, New Brunswick, I came upon the grave of Canada’s “Potato King” and French fry pioneer, Wallace McCain, co-founder, with his brother Harrison, of McCain Foods. The brothers founded New Brunswick-based McCain Foods Ltd. in 1956, selling over $152,000 […]
