Maple Leaf Foods COVID Response Overview

Helping Our Communities

Emergency Food Relief

• Partnership with Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security
• $500,000 in financial and food contributions recently committed
• Matching campaign to raise an additional $2 million 

$2.5 million to Canadian Frontline Healthcare Professionals Protection Fund

• Fund provides additional financial support for front line health care   workers.  

Financial Support to our Front-Line Workers

• $80 per week bonus
• CERB top-up when front-line workers are off work for COVID-related reasons

Protecting our People:  Key Focus Areas

• Daily health screening
• Daily temperature checks
• Mandatory face coverings
• Careful social distancing
• Scrupulous sanitation
• ‘Stay home when sick’ culture

Daily Health Screening and Temperature Checks

• Must complete a verbal questionnaire covering possible symptoms and potential exposures
• Must be temperature screened. Temperatures above ___ are sent home

Mandatory Face Coverings – Even On Arrival

• Face coverings were used in many areas of our plants before COVID
• Now, face coverings are required for ALL team members at all sites, even upon arrival

Careful Social Distancing

At all our sites, we’ve increased social distancing…

• On the lines, where possible
• In lunchrooms through assigned seating that is well spaced and clearly marked
• Through trailers to decrease density during breaks
• In any area where people line up

Scrupulous Sanitation

• Before COVID, plants were sanitized daily. Since COVID, sanitation increased significantly in common welfare areas
• Regular ‘Deep Cleans’ done of all areas of plant including offices
• Increased hand-washing
• Hand sanitizer provided throughout the plants

‘Stay Home When Sick’ Culture