Maple Leaf Foods selected Puslinch Township, in the County of Wellington, as the location for a new distribution center that will operate as the company's prepared meats distribution hub for central and eastern Canada.

Maple Leaf Foods, Toronto said it expects this May to consolidate its further processed poultry operations into its Brantford and Mississauga, Ontario, facilities.

Canadian food giant Maple Leaf Foods, Toronto, announced significant changes in its prepared meats business to reduce operating costs and increase productivity.

Canadian food processing giant Maple Leaf Foods, Toronto, said its board appointed Purdy Crawford as non-executive chairman effective June 22, 2011.

Canadian meats processor and bakery giant Maple Leaf Foods, Toronto, said it entered into a new, four-year (C)$800 million revolving credit facility with a syndicate of Canadian, U.S. and international institutions.

Canadian food processing giant Maple Leaf Foods announced Saturday Chairman Wallace McCain, 81, died "after a lengthy  struggle with pancreatic cancer."

Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Toronto, said it will close a prepared meats facility located in Surrey, British Columbia, on September 30, 2011.

Maple Leaf Foods' Canada Bread Bakery Ltd. unit said it plans March 31, 2011 to close its frozen bakery in Laval, Quebec.

Diversified foods giant Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Toronto, said it plans by May 2011 to close its prepared meats facility in Berwick, Nova Scotia.