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NATION’S FAVOURITE 

We at McCain are proud to say that our Home Chips brand [in its entirety] is the market leader in both volume and value sales versus any other single supplier in the last year. Below you can see how we stand up against the rest of the market:

 

UK Volume (tonnes)

(Circana, 52 w/e 08 Aug 2026)

McCain Home Chips – 61,009,476

McCain Other Ovenable Chips – 64,381,613

Aunt Bessies Homestyle Chips – 4,351,504

Birds Eye Chips – 5,947,584

Strong Roots Chip – 3,223,393

Private Label Ovenable Chips – 219,048,089
All Other – 3,796,046

Total Ovenable Chips – 361,757,705

 

% Share

McCain Home Chips – 16.8%
McCain Other – 17.7%
Aunt Bessies – 1.2%
Birds Eye Chips – 1.6%

Strong Roots - 0.9%

Private Label – 60.3%
All Other – 1.0%

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Ireland Volume (Tonnes)

(Nielsen Scantrack 52 we 4/10/26)

 

GREEN ISLE - 1,430,856

ALL OTHER BRANDS - 274,846

McCain Home Chips - 2,131,974

McCain ALL OTHER - 1,319,391

AUNT BESSIE  - 284,252

BIRDS EYE - 292,740

STRONG ROOTS - 459,763

PRIVATE LABEL -  21,483,649

TOTAL SCANTRACK - € 27,677,471

 

Volume share %

GREEN ISLE: 5.17%

ALL OTHER BRANDS: 0.99%

McCain Home Chips: 7.70%

McCain ALL OTHER: 4.77%

AUNT BESSIE: 1.03%

BIRDS EYE: 1.06%

STRONG ROOTS: 1.66%

PRIVATE LABEL: 77.62%

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CRISPY FRENCH FRIES

We at McCain are proud to say that our Crispy French Fries brand [in its entirety] is the market leader in ovenable fries in both volume and value sales versus any other single supplier in the last year. Below you can see how we stand up against the rest of the ovenable fries market:

 

UK Volume %

(Circana, 52 w/e 08 Aug, 2026)

 

Private Label Chips - 219,048,089

Aunt Bessie Chips - 4,351,504

Birds Eye Chips - 5,947,584

other McCain Chips   - 87,938,827

Albert Bartlett Chips  - 3,210,013

Strong Roots Chips - 3,223,393

Lamb Weston Chips - 586,033

McCain Crispy French Fries  - 37,452,262

Total Frozen Chips - 363,235,054

 

% Share

private Label Chips: 60.3%

Aunt Bessie Chips: 1.2%

Birds Eye Chips: 1.6%

Other McCain Chips: 24.2%

Albert Bartlett Chips: 0.9%

Strong Roots Chips: 0.9%

Lamb Weston Chips: 0.2%

McCain Crispy French Fries: 10.3%

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Ireland Volume (Tonnes)

(Nielsen Scantrack 52 we 4/10/26)

 

GREEN ISLE - 1,426,497

ALL OTHER BRANDS - 865,699

McCain Home Chips - 2,092,977

McCain Crispy French Fries  - 645,003

McCain ALL OTHER - 2,946,296

AUNT BESSIE  - 228,319

BIRDS EYE- 436,187

STRONG ROOTS - 609,955

PRIVATE LABEL - 20,810,491

TOTAL SCANTRACK -  27,323,445

 

Volume share %

GREEN ISLE - 5.22%

ALL OTHER BRANDS -  3.17%

McCain Crispy French Fries - 2.36%

McCain ALL OTHER - 10.78%

AUNT BESSIE - 0.84%

BIRDS EYE - 1.60%

STRONG ROOTS - 2.23%

PRIVATE LABEL - 76.16%

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