Exploring the UK’s potato industry: visit to McCain

AHDB Potatoes’ Next Generation recently paid a visit to McCain GB Foods headquarters in Scarborough, as part of their exploration of GB’s diverse potato industry. The visit incorporated crop production processes at local potato seed and ware growers, James Stockdale, before a tour of the McCain facilities at Scarborough. The day concluded at a nearby Haven Holiday Park, Primrose Valley in Yorkshire, to see utilisation of the end product by McCain’s food service client Bourne Leisure, who provide holidays and holiday home ownership in the UK. Matthew Stubbings, trainee fieldsman for McCain, and previous Next Generation delegate, continued his ambassadorial role in industry, leading proceedings for the day. More