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McDonald's has switched between Simplot and McCains a half dozen times in the last ten years. In Australia, they even use both. They have their own pipelines that they require the company matches, already, and companies compete to have them as a customer. The fast food company holds the power in that particular relationship.

McDonald's rejected Simplot's "Innate" in 2020, a GMO potato that they spent about a decade developing. Which basically turned the entire project into a loss. It's one of the main reasons that the Lanthrop plant is closing.