Title: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 05:54:43 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 05:54:43 PM
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has announced plans to build a US$310-million plant-based protein food processing facility in the United States.
The company says the new plant will be in Shelbyville, Ind., as it works to expand its plant-based protein business.
It will also invest approximately US$26 million to keep pace with growth in demand at its existing facilities.
The announcement comes several months after Maple Leaf announced an overhaul of its Ontario operations that will reduce employment in the province by about 300 people.
In January, the company launched a new pea-protein Lightlife burger, first with American food service companies. U.S. grocery stores will start to stock the product in late March, while the Canadian launch won't take place until April.
"We are really, really jazzed up about this," said McCain, saying the company seized on the rising demand of alternative proteins that look and taste like meat.
The new Indiana facility will double the company's current production capacity and produce tempeh, franks, sausages and raw foods, the company said.
Construction is expected to start in late spring this year, with production start-up expected in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Maple Leaf says it expects to employ approximately 460 people once start-up is completed.
Food processing plants are not the best jobs in the world. But, we will continue to bleed jobs to the US unless we become more competitive. And to do that we must reduce our tax and regulatory burden. It is really that simple.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 06:16:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 06:16:06 PM
They generally do not provide mortgage paying jobs.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 06:27:11 PM
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 06:27:11 PM
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 06:28:02 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 06:28:02 PM
We have several large food processing plants in Southern Alberta..Quote from: "Fashionista"
They generally do not provide mortgage paying jobs.
They are entry level unskilled jobs, I get that. But, my province has lost a lot of manufacturing to the US. We have missed out on Asian car plants, because we cannot compete with places like Alabama and Indiana. God knows Trudeau isn't helping close the competitiveness gap.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 06:29:00 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 06:29:00 PM
And I bet most of their American employees will be illegal immigrants.Quote from: "Bricktop"
Not at a big company like Maple Leaf Foods. Smaller employers are the ones who hire people without an SS number.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 06:29:51 PM
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 06:29:51 PM
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 06:32:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 06:32:32 PM
So labour is cheaper in the US?Quote from: "Bricktop"
Taxes are lower and the gap between the two countries' tax rates is widening.
Wages are rising in Trump's US and stagnant in Trudeau's Canada.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 06:34:38 PM
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 06:34:38 PM
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 06:39:33 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 06:39:33 PM
I always find it odd that western governments strongly support competition in the private marketplace, but accept no responsibility at all for competing at the government level.Quote from: "Bricktop"
Trudeau doesn't believe in competition. Everybody gets a participation ribbon.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 07:08:14 PM
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 07:08:14 PM
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 07:13:10 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 07:13:10 PM
Everyone loses, then.Quote from: "Bricktop"
That is correct. When we elected Trudeau, we all lost.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 07:22:11 PM
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 07:22:11 PM
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: JOE on April 08, 2019, 07:32:51 PM
Post by: JOE on April 08, 2019, 07:32:51 PM
Everyone loses, then.Quote from: "Bricktop"
That is correct. When we elected Trudeau, we all lost.
Seoulbro wants Canadian workers to be paid & treated like slaves, BT.
The idea of an $18 minimum wage like they have in Australia would be unthinkable in most parts of the States. Many working class people barely get by in places like Alabama on $7.25 an hour. Thats less than $10 Canadian or Australian per hour.
If Australia adopted American labor laws & conditions, many Australian workers would find their wages & benefits cut in half.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 07:36:34 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 07:36:34 PM
Everyone loses, then.Quote from: "Bricktop"
That is correct. When we elected Trudeau, we all lost.
Seoulbro wants Canadian workers to be paid & treated like slaves, BT.
The idea of an $18 minimum wage like they have in Australia would be unthinkable in most parts of the States. Many working class people barely get by in places like Alabama on less than $10 an hour.
If Australia adopted American labor laws & conditions, many Australian workers would find their wages & benefits cut in half.
If you had read this thread, you'd know that wages were not even mentioned nor was Alabama..
Derailing our discussions to get your kicks is getting too predictable and boring..
Find a new hobby.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 07:52:07 PM
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 07:52:07 PM
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 08:13:57 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 08:13:57 PM
Everyone loses, then.Quote from: "Bricktop"
That is correct. When we elected Trudeau, we all lost.
Seoulbro wants Canadian workers to be paid & treated like slaves, BT.
The idea of an $18 minimum wage like they have in Australia would be unthinkable in most parts of the States. Many working class people barely get by in places like Alabama on less than $10 an hour.
If Australia adopted American labor laws & conditions, many Australian workers would find their wages & benefits cut in half.
If you had read this thread, you'd know that wages were not even mentioned nor was Alabama..
Derailing our discussions to get your kicks is getting too predictable and boring..
Find a new hobby.
Just one thing about wages. They are rising across all sectors South of the border. That is not happening here. And the reason for wage increases South of the border and wage stagnation here is PRODUCTIVITY.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 08:55:55 PM
Post by: Bricktop on April 08, 2019, 08:55:55 PM
How much of that wage increase is in the public sector?
Is the standard of living rising commensurately?
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: JOE on April 08, 2019, 09:06:53 PM
Post by: JOE on April 08, 2019, 09:06:53 PM
Everyone loses, then.Quote from: "Bricktop"
That is correct. When we elected Trudeau, we all lost.
Seoulbro wants Canadian workers to be paid & treated like slaves, BT.
The idea of an $18 minimum wage like they have in Australia would be unthinkable in most parts of the States. Many working class people barely get by in places like Alabama on less than $10 an hour.
If Australia adopted American labor laws & conditions, many Australian workers would find their wages & benefits cut in half.
If you had read this thread, you'd know that wages were not even mentioned nor was Alabama..
Derailing our discussions to get your kicks is getting too predictable and boring..
Find a new hobby.
A woman with a 2 year old child living on minimal wages asked me for $220 last week Fashionista.
It was for rent
She said if she didnt get the rent paid on time she'd get evicted because she had been late before
So I relented & lent her the mobey.
I took pity on her coz of the child.
I didn't want to see a 2 year old pushed out onto the street.
As a Christian what would you have done Fashionista?
Lent her the money or turned your back?
Such is the reality of people making minimum wage.
People who think 'competitive' wages ate a good thing- there's another side to it as well.
Somebody takes a hit.
Btw I still haven't got the money back from her like she promised within 5 days.
But to save that child perhaps it was worth it?
What so you think Fashionista?
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 09:14:15 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 09:14:15 PM
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 09:20:48 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 09:20:48 PM
So labour is cheaper in the US?Quote from: "Bricktop"
Taxes are lower and the gap between the two countries' tax rates is widening.
Wages are rising in Trump's US and stagnant in Trudeau's Canada.
Progressives have killed good blue collar jobs in Canada. There will be no middle class in this country in twenty years. I am so glad to be out of here in less than five years.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: JOE on April 08, 2019, 10:01:41 PM
Post by: JOE on April 08, 2019, 10:01:41 PM
The sixty year old virgin's post isQuote from: "iron horse jockey"(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://image.shutterstock.com/image-vector/bullshit-stamp-450w-254888044.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://image.shutterstock.com/image-ve%20...%20888044.jpg%22%3Ehttps://image.shutterstock.com/image-vector/bullshit-stamp-450w-254888044.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Well... if thats what you think.
But I certainly feel $220 poorer after lending her the money!
Hope she pays it back soon.
I needed the money too!
...oh well.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 10:17:27 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 10:17:27 PM
The sixty year old virgin's post isQuote from: "iron horse jockey"(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://image.shutterstock.com/image-vector/bullshit-stamp-450w-254888044.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://image.shutterstock.com/image-ve%20...%20888044.jpg%22%3Ehttps://image.shutterstock.com/image-vector/bullshit-stamp-450w-254888044.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Of course. And one hundred per cent off topic.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 10:25:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on April 08, 2019, 10:25:23 PM
What are they producing?Quote from: "Bricktop"
How much of that wage increase is in the public sector?
Is the standard of living rising commensurately?
Wage growth in the US is in the private sector. Any wage growth here is in the public sector. The Trump boom is lifting people out of poverty. My industry has always paid better in Canada, but now it pays better in the US. Canada had a richer middle class when Harper was pm and Obama president. That has been reversed with Justine and Trump.
Title: Re: Maple Leaf Foods to open plant-based protein facility in Indiana, after announcing Canadian job cuts
Post by: Anonymous on April 09, 2019, 11:39:06 AM
Post by: Anonymous on April 09, 2019, 11:39:06 AM
What are they producing?Quote from: "Bricktop"
How much of that wage increase is in the public sector?
Is the standard of living rising commensurately?
Wage growth in the US is in the private sector. Any wage growth here is in the public sector. The Trump boom is lifting people out of poverty. My industry has always paid better in Canada, but now it pays better in the US. Canada had a richer middle class when Harper was pm and Obama president. That has been reversed with Justine and Trump.
Growth in Canada has been too slow to put upward pressure on wages. If Obama was still in office, US growth would be lower and our exports to the US would reflect that. Trump's pro growth policies are the only thing that doesn't make Trudeau look like the incompetent fool he is when it comes to the economy.