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An air-fryer grilled cheese and ham sandwich. (Dempsters.ca)
Cereals, Crops, Markets

Canada Bread fined $50 million over price-fixing

'Leniency' settlement follows breadmaker's guilty plea

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A storied Canadian producer of bread and bakery products has a month to pay a $50 million fine for price-fixing in an ongoing federal probe which still has eyes on several major retailers. Ontario’s Superior Court on Wednesday sentenced Toronto-based Canada Bread Co. after the company pled guilty to four counts of fixing bread prices
"We are feeling the fallout of those decisions that were made in 2020, and we’ll continue to do so until we see a new normal develop.”
Livestock Markets, News, US Markets

Meat industry hits hard times

Inflation, high interest rates and high input costs are catching up to sector

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The meat industry, particularly pork, is facing tough times as inflation catches up with demand. There’s been a torrent of bad news in the meat sector in the last two months. Tyson Foods reported its first quarterly loss since 2009; HyLife’s processing plant in Windom, Minn., declared bankruptcy; Smithfield Foods is closing 40 sow farms
File photo of signage outside Maple Leaf Foods’ Lagimodiere Boulevard plant in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)
Livestock, Markets

Maple Leaf sees ‘inflection point’ beyond red ink of 2022

Packer books net losses in Q4, full-year

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Another of Canada’s major pork and poultry packers has reported significant net losses in its 2022 ledger, but sees “green shoots” suggesting a return to normal pork markets and stable supply chains this year. Maple Leaf Foods on Thursday reported a net loss of $311.89 million on $4.739 billion in gross sales for its fiscal
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Livestock

Cyberattack a $23 million hit on Maple Leaf ledger

Company refused to pay ransom

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Last fall’s ransomware attack at pork and poultry packer Maple Leaf Foods led to an “adverse economic impact” of $23 million or more on the company’s bottom line as it worked to restore systems, officials said. The company on Thursday released that estimate as part of its fourth-quarter financial report, in which it booked a
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Hogs, Livestock

Cybersecurity ‘incident’ hits Maple Leaf systems

Grocery firm Empire also dealing with IT grief

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Some information technology (IT) systems at Canadian pork and poultry packer Maple Leaf Foods have been downed in what the company described Monday as a “cybersecurity incident.” The company said in a release Monday that it “took immediate action and engaged cybersecurity and recovery experts” when it learned of the problem, and its in-house and
The Roquette pea protein plant near Portage la Prairie. Manitoba’s protein industry has grown significantly since the plant was announced in 2017.
Farmit Manitoba

HALFWAY THERE: Manitoba at midpoint of protein strategy goals

The province has rolled out Project ASPIRE to implement its sustainable protein action framework

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The province is over halfway to meeting the investment and employment goals within its Protein Advantage Strategy, said Ag Minister Derek Johnson. “This is outstanding,” said Johnson as he opened the virtual Manitoba Protein Summit on February 22. Manitoba attracted around $73 million in new investment in 2021 for a total of $753 million in new protein
The Maple Leaf plant in Brandon, Man.
News

Maple Leaf to require Covid vaccine for entry by March

The mandate extends to barns Maple Leaf owns and operates

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Maple Leaf will require all employees, contractors and suppliers to prove they are vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter its facilities after March 31, 2022. “We continue to make the safety of our team members our priority,” said Kristie Syndikus, vice president of procurement, in a letter sent to suppliers and contractors Dec. 13. In the
File photo of signage outside Maple Leaf Foods’ Lagimodiere Boulevard plant in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)
Hogs, Livestock

Expansions boost Maple Leaf plant’s bacon offerings

Pre-cooked bacon capability sets up Winnipeg plant as 'bacon centre of excellence'

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The Winnipeg pork further-processing plant previously earmarked as Maple Leaf Foods’ “ham centre of excellence” now gets the same billing for bacon. The major Toronto meat processor announced Tuesday it had completed a $182 million, 73,000-square foot expansion at its Lagimodiere Boulevard prepared meats plant, to “significantly” increase its bacon production capacity. The expansion, Maple
(Dave Bedard photo)
Livestock

Maple Leaf takes up Ontario poultry plant

Option exercised on Cericola Farms' remaining facility

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A southern Ontario processing plant specializing in organic and antibiotic-free poultry products has gone to Maple Leaf Foods in a postscript to a previous sale. Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Friday it had closed its purchase of the Sure Fresh Foods poultry plant at Schomberg, Ont., about 30 km north of Vaughan, for an undisclosed sum,
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Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: The carbon credit reality

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Canadian farmers, industry and governments should pay close heed to the recent announcement that one of Canada’s largest food processors has inked a deal to buy carbon credits from American farmers. Maple Leaf Foods will pay $20 per tonne to U.S.-based Indigo Ag for carbon stored on American farms applying soil-building practices. It represents a

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