Maple Leaf Foods News

The offerings of CBCL include fresh breads, rolls, bagels and sweet goods, frozen partially baked or par-baked breads and bagels, and specialty pasta and sauces.

The Harper government's sweeping new employment insurance rules could also have a profound effect for a major employer in Brandon - and for the future of the city itself.

MicroFinancial Incorporated , a financial intermediary specializing in vendor based leasing and finance programs for micro-ticket transactions, announced today that it has been named to the Boston Globe Top 100 publicly traded companies in Massachusetts.

Schneider plant Babette Howell and Janette Herrin are two of 175 people who lost their jobs with the closing of the Maple Leaf Foods poultry processing plant in Ayr.

Investors are betting Maple Leaf Foods Inc. can rebound from a slump in bakery sales by cutting costs as the food company trades at half the price-earnings value of its peers.

A closure agreement for Schneiders plant workers doesn't make the job losses any less painful, but it provides some additional compensation, especially for longer-term employees, says Dennis Lesperance, head of the Schneider Employees' Association.

Food processor Maple Leaf Foods saw its first-quarter profit plunge to $800,000, down sharply from $10.5 million as the company booked charges related to its ongoing restructuring and struggled with weaker pork and bakery volumes.

Canadian food processor Maple Leaf Foods Inc reported a lower quarterly profit on Wednesday, widely missing Street expectations, as fresh bakery and fresh pork volumes fell.

Net earnings for the first quarter ended March 31 fell to $800,000 , or nil earnings per share, from $10.5-million, or 8 cents, a year before.