shares in maple leaf foods inc fell in early trading thursday after the company reported fourthquarter revenue and earnings below analyst expectations at 943 am et shares were down 11 at c2815 the canadian consumer packaged meats company said net earnings fell to 19 million canadian dollars the equivalent of us15 million from c254 million a year ago the company said the decrease reflects higher labor and production costs as well as the effect of an extra week in the fourth quarter of 2020 adjusted earnings per share fell to c009 while analysts expected c033 taken from factset revenue fell to c112 billion from c113 billion missing analyst expectations of c114 billion