Maple Leaf Foods

• Bread-price fixing class action won’t include Maple Leaf, judge rules

  Maple Leaf Foods owned a majority share of Canada Bread at the time of the bread-price fixing scheme, but it won't be included in a class-action lawsuit over the scandal.

  Consumer

  Oct 28, 2024
  
• Maple Leaf pushes back on efforts to add company to bread-price fixing lawsuit

  Plaintiffs argue that Maple Leaf should be added as a defendant in the bread price-fixing lawsuit because of its ownership of Canada Bread at the time of the alleged conspiracy.

  Consumer

  Sep 20, 2024
  
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• Canada Bread claims Maple Leaf used it as ‘shield’ in bread price-fixing case

  Canada Bread is accusing Maple Leaf Foods of using it as a 'shield' to avoid liability in the alleged bread price-fixing scheme, according to lawsuit filings.

  Consumer

  Sep 12, 2024
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• Maple Leaf Foods to close aging Brantford poultry plant, consolidate production

  Maple Leaf Foods says it's closing its aging poultry plant in Brantford, Ont. and consolidating its production into its existing network through early next year. 

  Canada

  May 23, 2024
• Canada Bread denies price fixing scheme, points finger at Maple Leaf Foods

  In a statement of defence for a class-action lawsuit, Canada Bread Co. Ltd. denied participating in a 'lengthy, wide-ranging conspiracy' to fix the price of bread.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2023
• Massive Schneiders meat plant redevelopment in Kitchener moves closer to shovels hitting ground

  The housing development will see 3,345 rental units built over the next 12 years with the company telling Kitchener councillors it hopes to start construction this summer.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2023
• Maple Leaf Foods opens 640,000 sq. ft. poultry plant in south London, Ont.

  More than 400 people now work at the London site, which will employ approximately 1,600 people once the plant is operating at full capacity.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2022
• ‘Bacon Centre of Excellence’ to bring 350 new jobs to Winnipeg Maple Leaf plant

  The new jobs will bring the Winnipeg Maple Leaf plant's total work force to more than 1,900 people.

  Economy

  Oct 7, 2021
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• Maple Leaf Foods signs deal to buy 4 pig farms in Saskatchewan

  Maple Leaf Foods says the deal is part of its plan to grow production at its pork processing plant in Brandon, Man.

  Canada

  Jul 1, 2021
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• Ontario Food Terminal vendors call for on-site COVID-19 vaccinations amid outbreak

  Workers and managers at companies operating out of the Ontario Food Terminal say the facility should have on-site staff vaccinations.

  Health

  Apr 23, 2021