Maple Leaf Foods reports $43.1M Q3 profit, sales up eight per cent from year ago

Packages of chicken breasts are shown on a shelf at a grocery store in Oakville, Ont., Friday, Jan.6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Buchan

MISSISSAUGA - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. reported a third-quarter profit of $43.1 million, up from $17.7 million in the same quarter last year as its sales rose eight per cent.

The company says the profit amounted to 35 cents per share for the quarter ended Sept. 30, up from a profit of 14 cents per share a year earlier.

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