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CANADA: Maple Leaf closes poultry plant
8 February 2012
Maple Leaf Foods is to close a poultry facility in Canada to boost efficiency, hitting around 100 jobs.
UK: Maple Leaf UK bakery set to close
4 January 2012
A bakery in operation since the 1800s will close after owner Maple Leaf Bakery, the UK arm of Canada's Maple Leaf Foods, could not find a buyer.
UK: Maple Leaf to close Walsall site
14 November 2011
Maple Leaf Bakery, the UK arm of Maple Leaf Foods, is set to close one of its production sites.
US: New York Bakery secures Maple Leaf expansion funding
9 November 2011
New York Bakery Co has secured an GBP11.5m (US$18.3m) investment package from parent company Maple Leaf Foods to expand its business on the back of increasing bagel sales.
CANADA: Maple Leaf shares up on Q3 profit growth
28 October 2011
Shares in Canadian food maker Maple Leaf Foods closed up over 3% yesterday (27 October) after the company reported improved third-quarter profits.
CANADA: Maple Leaf to shed 1,550 jobs
20 October 2011
Maple Leaf Foods is to cut over 1,500 jobs in Canada as part of plans to revamp its production and distribution network in the country.
Talking tech: Food sites look to ride Groupon wave
31 August 2011
The concept of group buying has grabbed the headlines in recent months, with sites like Groupon and LivingSocial providing consumers the opportunity to benefit from discounts on a range of products. Now, in North America, food-specific sites have been launched, allowing shoppers to buy food in bulk. MJ Deschamps reports.
CANADA: Maple Leaf prepares poison pill plan
29 July 2011
Canadian food group Maple Leaf Foods is looking to adopt a poison pill plan that could be used to fend off a hostile takeover approach for the company.
CANADA: Maple Leaf Foods H1 profits up
29 July 2011
Canadian food maker Maple Leaf Foods pointed to success in securing price increases and controlling costs after it reported an increase in half-year profits despite a fall in sales.
CANADA: Maple Foods appoints board chairman
30 June 2011
Canadian food group Maple Leaf Foods has appointed a chairman for its board of direction.
IRELAND: Irish Dairy Board appoints Toal as Adams Foods CEO
17 June 2011
The Irish Dairy Board (IDB) has appointed Ian Toal as CEO UK consumer foods arm Adams Foods.
CANADA: McCain frozen food tycoon dies
16 May 2011
Wallace McCain, chairman of Canadian food group Maple Leaf Foods, and co-founder of frozen chip maker McCain Foods, has died at the age of 81.
CANADA: Maple Leaf profits plunge on disposals
28 April 2011
Canadian food group Maple Leaf Foods has booked a 47% drop in first-quarter profits, which were dented by restructuring costs and lower sales after recent disposals.
CANADA: Maple Leaf Foods to sell Berwick site to Eden Valley Poultry
4 April 2011
Maple Leaf Foods has found a buyer for a site in Nova Scotia that it was planning to close by the end of the month.
CANADA: Canada Bread to close another bakery
16 March 2011
Canadian baker Canada Bread has announced plans to close another bakery.
Best bits: US food manufacturers look to lift product costs
28 February 2011
For US food manufacturers struggling with rising raw-material costs - and fearful of the impact that slapping a higher price on their products could have on sales volumes - the words last week of the chief executive of one of the country's largest retailers would have provided some reassurance.
On the money: Inflation is retailers' "friend" - Maple Leaf CEO McCain
25 February 2011
Maple Foods is to continue to try to increase prices to offset commodity costs, with the Canadian food maker's CEO insisting food inflation was a retailer's "friend" not its "enemy".
Editor's choice: the highlights on just-food this week
25 February 2011
The annual CAGNY investment conference, where leading US food manufacturers meet Wall Street analysts to discuss company performance and outlook, dominated our coverage this week - but the likes of US retailers Wal-Mart Stores, Safeway Inc and Maple Leaf Foods grabbed the headlines with their 2010 results. Elsewhere, Kerry Group indicated it could be interested in Danisco's ingredients assets and United Biscuits announced plans to cut jobs in the UK. Click on the headlines for more.
CANADA: Maple Leaf shares up as underlying profits rise
24 February 2011
Shares in Maple Leaf Foods, the Canadian food group, rose today (24 February) as the company reported higher underlying profits for the fourth quarter of 2010 and the year as a whole.
CANADA: Canada Bread to sell sandwich business
14 February 2011
Canada Bread has reached an agreement to sell its prepared sandwich business to Premium Brands Holding Corporation for an undisclosed sum.
CANADA: West Face Capital CEO gets seat on Maple Leaf board
3 February 2011
Maple Leaf Foods has handed a seat on its board to the CEO of activist investor West Face Capital, a sign the Canadian food group is trying to quell shareholder concerns over corporate governance and close ties to the McCain family.
CANADA: Maple Leaf to cut jobs in facility closure
2 February 2011
Canadian food group Maple Leaf Foods is to close its prepared meats facility in British Columbia, resulting in 155 job cuts.
CANADA: Canada Bread to close Laval bakery
6 January 2011
Canadian baker Canada Bread will close its Laval bakery in Quebec in March with the loss of around 55 jobs.
CANADA: Maple Leaf in debt refinancing
17 December 2010
Canadian food group Maple Leaf Foods has set out plans for a programme to refinance C$355m (US$352.7m) of debt.
Quote, unquote: just-food's week in words
10 December 2010
The executive changes at Kellogg and Premier Foods plc attracted scrutiny from analysts on Wall Street and in the City this week, France's competition watchdog threatened the country's food retailers with legislation to free up the sector - and X5 Retail Group, Russia's largest retailer, was pleased with its acquisition of discount chain Kopeyka. Here is the best of who said what this week.
UPDATE: CANADA: Maple Leaf takes swipe at West Face demands
6 December 2010
Maple Leaf Foods has criticised key investor West Face Capital after the activist hedge fund called for the Canadian food group to improve its corporate governance.
CANADA: Hedge fund West Face calls for change at Maple Leaf
6 December 2010
Activist hedge fund West Face Capital has called for a shareholder meeting to pressure Maple Leaf Foods to improve corporate governance at the Canadian food group.
CANADA: Teachers pension fund to sell off Maple Leaf shares
24 November 2010
Canadian pension fund The Ontario Teachers Pension Plan is to offload its entire stake in Maple Leaf Foods.
CANADA: Maple Leaf to close Nova Scotia plant
18 November 2010
Canadian food giant Maple Leaf Foods is to close its prepared meats facility in Nova Scotia.
CANADA: Maple Leaf secures Burlington sale to Sun Capital Partners
10 November 2010
Maple Leaf Foods has finally found a buyer for its pork processing site in Burlington, Ontario, with a sale to private-equity firm Sun Capital Partners.
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