May 4 (Reuters) - Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf Foods
Inc MFI.TO reported a first-quarter profit, compared with a
year-ago loss, helped by higher earnings in its meat products
business.
The company's net earnings were C$42.3 million ($33.2
million), or 31 Canadian cents per share, in the quarter ended
March 31, compared with a loss of C$2.9 million, or 2 Canadian
cents per share, a year earlier.
Total sales rose 2.1 percent to C$796.9 million.
($1 = 1.27 Canadian dollars)