Lakeside Packers
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Lakeside Packers is a beef producer based in Brooks, Alberta. It is owned by JBS Canada, a subsidiary of JBS S.A., a Brazilian protein company.
History
[edit | edit source]BSE Aid
[edit | edit source]As of June 2004, Lakeside Packers had received roughly $33 million Canadian dollars in financial aid from the Government of Alberta since a cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy was found on an Alberta farm in May 2003.[1]
2005 labour dispute
[edit | edit source]Lakeside Packers was unionized under the United Food and Commercial Workers, 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%.[2]
Sale to XL Foods
[edit | edit source]As of March 2009, Lakeside Farm Industries, Ltd. was sold by Tyson to XL Foods, it is reported that Lakeside and its assets were sold to XL Foods Inc. for approximately $107 million.[3]
Sale to JBS Canada
[edit | edit source]XL Foods sold the Lakeside Packers plant to JBS Canada on January 14, 2013.[4]
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