b'SPUD HISTORY|FRENCH FRIESORIGINIts believed the first fries were made in Namur, Belgiuma French speaking region. Locals there loved eating fried fish but one cold winter in 1680 the river froze over, and people started frying potatoes instead of fishthus the fry was born. During the First World War, American soldiers stationed in the area started calling the fried potatoes french fries and thus the current name was born.1950s 1957 2000s 2020sCombination ofMcCain Foods isAmericansSimplot creates fries, cheese curdsfounded by Wallace,dubbed frenchConquest Delivery+ and gravy calledHarrison, Robertfries freedomfry, a unique fry that poutine appears inand Andrew McCainfries after Francestays hot and crispy rural Quebec with their firstrefuses to supportfor up to 40 minutes french fry processingthe U.S. invasionpost cookingplant opening inof IraqFlorenceville, N.B.IN 2020, CANADA WAS THE5th LARGEST FROZEN PROCESSED POTATOES MARKETIN THE WORLD BEHIND THE U.S., THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, AND BELGIUMMCDONALDSFRENCH FRIES ARE MADE WITH POTATO VARIETIES SUCH ASRUSSET BURBANKANDSHEPODYJULY 13IS NATIONAL FRENCH FRY DAYAS OF 2020,MCCAIN FOODSIS THE LARGEST FROZEN PROCESSED POTATOES COMPANY IN CANADA WITH AMARKET SHARE OF 78.9%Sources: BBC, Encyclopedia Britannica, McDonalds, Statistics Canada, McCain Foods22SPUDSMART.COMSummer 2023'