March 1 (Reuters) - Canada's Maple Leaf Foods MFI.TO
reported a quarterly profit, compared with a year-ago loss,
helped by improved margins in its prepared meats business.
The company posted a net profit of C$33.3 million ($24.6
million), or 24 Canadian cents per share, for the fourth quarter
ended Dec. 31.
It lost C$28.2 million, or 20 Canadian cents per share, a
year earlier.
Maple Leaf, which has now posted a profit in only three of
the past 12 quarters, said revenue rose nearly 10 percent to
C$873.1 million in the latest quarter.
($1 = C$1.35)