Insights and Stories on Maple Leaf Foods

Cyberattack a $23 million hit on Maple Leaf ledger

Mar. 9, 2023 at 9:26 pm CST

Last fall’s ransomware attack at pork and poultry packer Maple Leaf Foods led to an “adverse economic impact” of $23 million or more on the company’s bottom line as it worked to restore systems, officials said. The company on Thursday released that estimate as part of its fourth-quarter financial report, […]

Cybersecurity ‘incident’ hits Maple Leaf systems

Nov. 7, 2022 at 6:19 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Expansions boost Maple Leaf plant’s bacon offerings

Oct. 7, 2021 at 8:30 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Maple Leaf takes up Ontario poultry plant

Jun. 29, 2021 at 5:23 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Quebec poultry packer to shut ex-Maple Leaf plant

Oct. 30, 2020 at 8:41 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

COVID-19 case confirmed at Maple Leaf hog plant

Aug. 5, 2020 at 6:05 pm CDT

A worker at Maple Leaf Foods’ hog slaughter and processing plant at Brandon, Man. is recovering at home after testing positive for COVID-19, the Manitoba Co-operator has reported. The company said it received word over the long weekend about the case. Citing its own review of the situation and consultation […]

By GFM Staff

Maple Leaf poultry plant shuts for ‘deep cleaning’

Apr. 8, 2020 at 2:13 pm CDT

One of two Maple Leaf Foods plants at Brampton, Ont. has gone into shutdown mode for “deep cleaning” in the wake of three cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus among its workers. Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Wednesday that operations at the company’s Kennedy Road poultry slaughter and packing plant in Brampton […]

By GFM Staff

Ottawa expected to ‘officially’ declare ag an essential service

Mar. 30, 2020 at 10:47 am CDT

Canada’s grain industry expects the federal government will soon officially declare agriculture an essential service. Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA), says that designation will have a practical application. “Hopefully it ends all confusion about grain workers at elevators, railway workers and anybody else required […]

By Allan Dawson

Maple Leaf lands ‘sustainability-linked’ credit

Dec. 13, 2019 at 5:03 am CST

Canadian food processor Maple Leaf Foods is taking its recently-established sustainability cred to the bank. The Toronto food firm announced Wednesday it’s the first Canadian company to secure “sustainability-linked terms” for its credit facilities. Specifically, the company has picked up an unsecured committed revolving line of credit and two unsecured […]

By GFM Staff

Beyond Meat’s new competitor: Tyson’s pea-and-meat blended burger

Jun. 14, 2019 at 3:47 am CDT

Reuters — U.S. meat processor Tyson Foods on Thursday launched its first vegetarian and mixed-protein products, including a beef and pea burger, as it seeks to compete with Beyond Meat and other companies catering to rising demand for plant-based alternatives to meat. Tyson is betting that meat eaters wanting healthier […]

By Tina Bellon

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