Webcast Advisory - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. 2009 Fourth Quarter and Year End
Results

TSX: MFI
    www.mapleleaf.com
    

TORONTO, Feb. 16 /CNW/ - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. will report its financial results for the fourth quarter and year-end on February 24, 2010. The financial results will be released by CNW newswire service.

    
      What:   Maple Leaf Foods' 2009 Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial
              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

      When:   February 24, 2010 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 7776003).
    

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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For further information: Jeanette Jones, [phone]