Webcast Advisory - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. 2009 Third Quarter Results

TORONTO, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. will report its financial results for the third quarter on October 28, 2009. The financial results will be released by CNW newswire service.

    What:    Maple Leaf Foods' 2009 Third Quarter Results Conference Call

    Who:     Michael H. McCain, President & Chief Executive Officer
             Michael Vels, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
              Officer
             Lynda J. Kuhn, Senior Vice President Communications & Consumer
              Affairs

    When:    October 28, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern

    Where:   Go to http://investor.mapleleaf.ca for webcast link
             Live over the Internet - Simply log on to the above link.

             To participate via conference call, please call
             416-340-8018 / 866-223-7781

             For those unable to participate, playback will be made available
             an hour after the event at 416-695-5800 / 800-408-3053 (Passcode
             8434408 followed by the number sign).

If you are unable to participate, the webcast will be archived and available on the Company's website at www.mapleleaf.com under the Financial Reporting section.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is a leading food processing company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The Company employs approximately 24,000 people at its operations across Canada and in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Asia. The Company had sales of $5.2 billion in 2008.

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SOURCE Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

Jeanette Jones, (416) 926-2013