Lakeside Packers is a

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producer based in

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. It is owned by JBS Canada, a subsidiary of

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, a Brazilian protein company.

History

BSE Aid

As of June 2004, Lakeside Packers had received roughly $33 million

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s in financial aid from the

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since a cow with

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was found on an Alberta farm in May 2003.

2005 labour dispute

Lakeside Packers was unionized under the

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, and the union went on strike from October 12 to November 6, 2005. The union accepted a four-year contract after a member vote approved it by a margin of 56%.

Sale to XL Foods

As of March 2009, Lakeside Farm Industries, Ltd. was sold by Tyson to

XL Foods XL Foods Inc. is a Canadian meat packing company. The company is a subsidiary of Nilsson Brothers Inc. based in Edmonton, Alberta. From 2009 until 2013, XL Foods' Lakeside Packers Division was located just west of Brooks, Alberta, in Newell County ...

, it is reported that Lakeside and its assets were sold to XL Foods Inc. for approximately $107 million.

Sale to JBS Canada

XL Foods sold the Lakeside Packers plant to JBS Canada on January 14, 2013.

References

External links

Lakeside Packers website
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