Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (Public, TSE:MFI) is a meats, meals and bakery company. The Company operates in three segments: the Meat Products Group, the Agribusiness Group and the Bakery Products Group. The Meat Products Group consists of packaged meats, chilled meal entrees and lunch kits, and pork, poultry and turkey products. The Agribusiness Group operations include hog production and animal by-products recycling.
The combination of the Company’s Meat Products Group and the Agribusiness Group consists of the Protein Group, which includes producing and marketing animal protein-based products. The Bakery Products Group consists of Maple Leaf’s 89.8% interest in Canada Bread Company, Limited (Canada Bread), a producer of frozen bakery products, and specialty pasta and sauces.
Maple Leaf Foods customers are located in over 50 countries worldwide, with domestic sales in Canada still representing the majority of the Company’s revenue. The Company also has a significant presence in the U.S. and U.K. through its frozen and specialty bakery operations, and exports fresh pork to Japan.
Maple Leaf Foods is publicly traded on the TSX under the symbol MFI. It is headquartered in Toronto and employs approximately 24,000 people at operations across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia.