Canadian Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI
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processing sector. Aside from their core role in marketing and providing inputs and<br />
services to farmers, co-operatives operate mostly in the dairy and poultry subsectors.<br />
The market share of foreign-controlled firms has increased since 1989 and now<br />
stands at approximately 40 percent. These firms tend to be significantly larger and<br />
produce higher value-added products than domestic firms. MNE-dominated subsectors<br />
include beef, fruits and vegetables, prepared flour mixes and breakfast<br />
cereals, biscuits, and confectionery. Sub-sectors dominated largely by domesticallycontrolled<br />
firms include pork, poultry and baked goods.<br />
3.2 KEY PLAYERS<br />
Twenty-five leading <strong>Canadian</strong> food companies, which are ranked by annual sales<br />
revenue, and the main product categories in which they produce packaged goods,<br />
are presented in the table below.<br />
Table 3.1: Twenty Five Leading <strong>Canadian</strong> Food Companies<br />
Company Name Sales<br />
2002<br />
(C$ 000s)<br />
Ownership Dairy Bakery Fruit &<br />
Veg<br />
Meat &<br />
Poultry<br />
McCain Foods Inc. $6,166,377 Private (CDN) X X<br />
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. 5,075,879 Public (CDN) X X X<br />
George Weston Foods Ltd. 5,011,000 Public (CDN) X X<br />
Suputo Inc. 3,457,412 Public (CDN) X<br />
Parmalat Canada Inc. 2,500,000 Private (Italy) X<br />
Agropur coopérative 1,835,388 Co-operative<br />
(CDN)<br />
X<br />
Nestlé Canada Ltd. 1,676,864 Private X X X<br />
(Switzerland)<br />
Smithfield Canada Ltd. 1,177,165 Private (U.S.) X<br />
Groupe Brochu 816,000 Private (CDN) X<br />
FPI Ltd. 740,914 Public (CDN) X<br />
Campbell Soup Co. Ltd. 573,000 Private (U.S.) X<br />
Robin Hood Multifoods Inc 565,475 Private (U.S.) X<br />
Lilydale Co-operative Ltd. 526,869 Co-operative<br />
(CDN)<br />
X<br />
Aliments Breton Canada Inc. 401,000 Private (CDN) X<br />
High Liner Foods Inc. 324,458 Public (CDN) X X<br />
Barry Callebaut Canada Inc. 298,016 Private<br />
(Switzerland)<br />
X<br />
Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods Inc. 284,000 Private (CDN) X<br />
Premium Brands Inc. 273,704 Public (CDN) X<br />
Gay Lea Foods Co-operative 271,596 Co-operative X<br />
Ltd.<br />
(CDN)<br />
Lantic Sugar Ltd. 258,950 Private (CDN) X<br />
Exceldor coopérative avicole 228,000 Co-operative<br />
(CDN)<br />
X<br />
Scotsburn Co-operative Ltd. 223,003 Co-operative<br />
(CDN)<br />
X<br />
Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods<br />
Inc.<br />
173,154 Public (CDN) X<br />
Agrinove, coopérative 167,072 Co-operative X<br />
Farmers Co-operative Dairy<br />
Ltd.<br />
(CDN)<br />
162,876 Co-operative<br />
(CDN)<br />
Source: National Post FP500-Canada’s Largest Corporations, June 2003.<br />
SMG/Columbia Consulting Group Page 29<br />
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Fish<br />
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