date:Feb 27, 2013
Operating income of the Protein Group of Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. in the year ended Dec. 31, 2012, was C$189,808,000 ($185,000,000), up 7% from C$177,882,000 in 2011. Sales in 2012 were C$3,298,157,000 ($3,215,000), basically unchanged from C$3,299,104,000 the prior year.
A jump in profits during the fourth quarter accounted for the entire gain for the year in Protein Group profits. Protein Group operating profits were C$60,793,000 ($59,300,000), up 44% from C$42,216,000 in the fourth quarter las