Cavendish Farms

Cavendish Farms is a Canadian food processing company and subsidiary of the J. D. Irving group of companies. Its headquarters are in Dieppe, New Brunswick and potato processing plants in New Annan, Prince Edward Island, Lethbridge, Alberta, and Jamestown, North Dakota, and an appetizer plant in Wheatley, Ontario. It is the 4th largest processor of frozen potato products in North America. It was established in 1980. The New Annan facility employs about 700 people. It is one of the largest employers in Prince Edward Island. Cavendish Farms is the "largest private-sector employer in P.E.I." About 80 P.E.I. farmers grow potatoes for Cavendish Farms.