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TORONTO, June 17 /CNW/ - (TSX:MEW.UN): Menu Foods Income Fund announced today its distribution of 10.50 cents per unit for the month of June 2003, payable on or before July 15, 2003 to unitholders of record on June 30, 2003. This represents a 12.60% yield on the initial public offering price of $10.00 per unit.

The Fund's policy is for unitholders of record on the last business day of a calendar month to receive distributions during the thirty days following the end of such month.

Holders of units who are non-residents of Canada will be required to pay all withholding taxes payable in respect of any distributions of income by the Fund.

The Fund also announced that the holders of Class B Exchangeable Units in Menu Foods Limited Partnership (a subsidiary of the Fund) shall receive 31.50 cents per unit for the period from April 1, 2003 to June 30, 2003 payable on or before July 15, 2003.

Menu is a leading North American manufacturer of private-label wet pet food products, selling its products to supermarket retailers, mass merchandisers, pet specialty retailers and other retail and wholesale outlets. Menu currently produces more than 800 million containers of wet pet food per year and is focused on the manufacture and sale of premium private-label wet pet food products.

For further information: Mark Wiens, Chief Financial Officer, Menu Foods GenPar Limited, (905) 826-3870