TSX: MFI

TORONTO, July 20 /CNW/ - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. will report its financial results for the second quarter on July 29, 2009. The financial results will be released by CNW newswire service.

What:  Maple Leaf Foods' 2009 Second 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:  July 29, 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 416-641-6111 /
       866-696-5911
       For those unable to participate, playback will be made available
       an hour after the event at 416-695-5800 / 800-408-3053 (Passcode
       3783726 No.).

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