Maple Leaf Foods is to close a meat processing plant in Ontario, the Canadian company has announced.

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The group, which also has operations in the US, the UK and Asia, plans to shut a “secondary processing facility” in the town of Etobicoke in October.


The site produces value-added red meat products primarily for the Canadian foodservice channel. Around 100 jobs could be lost.


Maple Leaf is looking to focus on the value-added meat, meals and bakery categories.

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