Menu Foods Income Fund - Investor Relations

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TORONTO, May 4 /CNW/ - (TSX: MEW.UN): Menu Foods Income Fund announced today that it will release its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 on Thursday, May 11, 2006.

The financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 will be released during the day and will be discussed at Menu Foods Income Fund’s annual meeting. The annual meeting is to be held on May 11, 2006 at 2:00pm at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Room 206AB, located at 255 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario. The meeting will be chaired by Robert Luba, Chairman and Trustee of Menu Foods Income Fund. Robert will be joined by Paul Henderson, Menu's President and Chief Executive Officer; Randall Copeland, Menu’s Executive Vice-President of Sales and Marketing; Dr. Richard Shields, Menu’s Executive Vice-President of Technical Services; Mark Wiens, Menu's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; William Grant, Executive Vice-President of Corporate Purchasing and Logistics and Christopher Mifflin, Executive Vice-President of Operations.

Menu is the leading North American private-label/contract manufacturer of wet pet food products sold by supermarket retailers, mass merchandisers, pet specialty retailers and other retail and wholesale outlets. Menu currently produces more than one billion containers per year

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

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