Insights and Stories on Maple Leaf

Maple Leaf to consolidate Ontario poultry processing

Nov. 27, 2018 at 8:39 am CST

A new $660 million plant at London, Ont. will house Maple Leaf Foods’ Ontario fresh poultry processing operations by mid-2021 as the food processing firm prepares to shut three older facilities. Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Monday it will build a 640,000-square foot plant at London, billed as “one of the […]

Maple Leaf buys further into ‘meat’ market

Dec. 7, 2017 at 4:14 am CST

Maple Leaf Q3 profit beats on overall sales growth

Oct. 27, 2017 at 12:47 am CDT

By Reuters

PED’s spread alarms piglet-exporting Manitoba

Jun. 2, 2017 at 5:37 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Maple Leaf posts higher-than-expected profit

Apr. 27, 2017 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Reuters

Cash-rich Maple Leaf sees abundant U.S. opportunities

Feb. 22, 2017 at 9:15 pm CST

Reuters — Canadian meat packing company Maple Leaf Foods is hunting for acquisitions in the U.S., after years spent upgrading old factories and shedding business lines, its CEO said on Wednesday. Maple Leaf, which reported on Wednesday its profits doubled in the fourth quarter, sees growth opportunities from meat produced […]

By Rod Nickel

Maple Leaf to buy U.S. veggie dog, burger maker

Feb. 21, 2017 at 6:41 pm CST

Canadian meat packer Maple Leaf Foods is buying space on the non-meat side of the deli section with a deal for U.S. processor Lightlife Foods. Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Tuesday it would pay US$140 million for Lightlife, which makes vegetarian burgers, hot dogs, sausage, deli cuts, jerky and other meatless […]

By Staff

Maple Leaf to shut southern Ontario turkey plant

Nov. 18, 2016 at 8:29 pm CST

Maple Leaf Foods plans to outsource all its fresh turkey processing to another company’s southern Ontario plant in 2018 after shutting its own operation. The company announced Tuesday it will close its plant at Thamesford, Ont., east of London, after phasing its production over the next 18 months into Sofina […]

By Staff

Canada’s Maple Leaf Foods profit beats estimates

Jul. 29, 2016 at 3:51 pm CDT

Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf Foods reported a quarterly profit that squeezed past estimates as lower operating costs and increased pricing more than offset a fall in volumes in its meat products business. The company, whose brands include Schneiders and namesake Maple Leaf, recently completed a program started in 2010 […]

By Reuters

Feds and province fund Maple Leaf bacon plant

Jul. 18, 2016 at 3:20 pm CDT

The governments of Canada and Manitoba have announced funding of $500,000 toward an expansion of Maple Leaf Food’s bacon processing plant in Winnipeg. The announcement was made Monday at the plant by federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler. A release said Maple Leaf Food’s investment […]

By Staff

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