The Maple Leaf plant in Brandon, Man. Photo: Supplied

Maple Leaf Foods spin off approved

Shareholders voted in favour of Canada Packers Inc., which will cover the food company’s pork operations

Maple Leaf Foods shareholders approved with an overwhelming majority the food processing company's plan to spin off its pork operations to Canada Packers Inc.

Maple Leaf Foods spin off approved

Maple Leaf Foods spin off approved

Shareholders voted in favour of Canada Packers Inc., which will cover the food company’s pork operations

Maple Leaf Foods shareholders approved with an overwhelming majority the food processing company’s plan to spin off its pork operations to Canada Packers Inc.












The interior of the HyLife Foods pork processing plant in Neepawa, Man.

Production to be minimally affected in HyLife layoffs

The Manitoba layoffs are mainly administrative staff, though the company also recently shuttered its Minnesota facility

La Broquerie-based pork company HyLife Foods says production will be minimally affected by layoffs it announced last week. “We are carefully restructuring to endure the current global conditions,” said president and CEO Grant Lazaruk in a June 9 news release, which announced the layoff of 87 employees, most of them administrative staff. The company has