Maple Leaf Foods Inc. reported its financial results for the second quarter, June 30, 2014. Adjusted Operating Earnings for the second quarter was a loss of $12.1 million compared to a loss of $32.3 million last year. For the first six months, Adjusted Operating Earnings was a loss of $42.0 million compared to a loss of $60.1 million last year. Net loss from continuing operations for the second quarter was $39.5 million compared to $38.4 million last year. For the first six months, net loss from continuing operations was $164.2 million compared to $69.0 million last year.
"We continue to make good progress on our strategic agenda, although the transitory cost of duplicative supply chains continues to be significant," said Michael H. McCain, President and CEO. "We implemented material price increases during the second quarter which going forward will fully offset significant raw material cost increases to date. As anticipated, there is a short-term impact on demand, which we expect will normalize in time. Our progress in converting to the new supply chain continues as performance improves in our Western facilities and commissioning of the new flagship plant in Hamilton, Ontario is underway. Following the successful sale of our bakery business, we completed a comprehensive organizational restructuring in the quarter, right-sizing our structure to cost effectively support our needs as a focused value-added protein company. We are managing significant change along with our base business performance, and we are very satisfied with our progress towards our financial targets."