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WPC Announces W.D. Potato Limited as Most Recent Silver Sustaining Partner
The World Potato Congress Inc. Announces W.D. Potato Limited as its Most Recent Silver Sustaining Partner
The World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC) is extremely pleased to announce W.D. Potato Limited as its newest Silver Sustaining Partner. President & CEO Romain Cools stated: “The World Potato Congress Inc. is very proud to welcome W.D. Potato Limited as a Silver Sustaining Partner. They are a great addition to our Sustaining Partner family.”
W.D. Potato Limited is a Canadian multi-generational family business with headquarters in Beeton, Ontario and our Eastern office in Kentville, Nova Scotia. W.D. Potato Limited is Canada’s largest supplier of chip stock potatoes and a leader in raw potato procurement, supply management, agronomy, logistics, storage, quality control, sustainability, food safety, research and innovation. W.D. Potato Limited employs a diverse staff of 85 employees, owns a dedicated fleet of over 60 trucks and 80 trailers and manages our state-of-the-art refrigerated storage and wash facility in Ontario that holds 620,000 cwt of potatoes. In Nova Scotia, we manage a 200,000 cwt storage and wash facility.
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