Maple Lodge Farms Ltd. has purchased the chicken-slaughering operations of Grand River Foods Inc.
The sale is due to close Dec. 1.
Grand River says it will use the proceeds to invest in its further-processing business. That division operates form a large new plant in Cambridge that was recently expanded. Its chicken will come from Maple Lodge.
The Chicken Farmers of Ontario marketing board has approved transfer of plant supply quota from Grand River to Maple Lodge.
Until this deal, Maple Lodge was second to Maple Leaf Farms Ltd. in the chicken-slaughter business in Ontario.
