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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 />

X<br />

Fish<br />

Other

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