TORONTO, April 21 /CNW/ - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Annual and Special
Meeting of Shareholders will be held:When:     Wednesday, April 29, 2009
    Time:     11:00 a.m.
    Where:    Maple Leaf Foods
              ThinkFOOD! Centre
              6897 Financial Drive, Mississauga, ONAccess live via webcast at
http://events.startcast.com/events6/91/C0010/Default.aspx

    If you are unable to participate, playback of the webcast will be
archived and available on the Company's website under the Presentations &
Webcasts section at www.mapleleaf.com shortly after the close of the Annual
Meeting.

    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.