Investor Alert: KGS Reminds SunOpta, Inc. Shareholders That They Have Until March,...

Investor Alert: KGS Reminds SunOpta, Inc. Shareholders That They Have Until
March, 28, 2008 Deadline to File Lead Plaintiff Application in KGS's Securities
Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Against SunOpta, Inc. -- STKL

NEW ORLEANS, March 9, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Kahn Gauthier Swick, LLC ("KGS"),
the law firm that filed the first class action lawsuit against SunOpta, Inc.
("SunOpta" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:STKL) seeking a recovery for investors,
reminds shareholders of the March 28, 2008 deadline to file lead plaintiff
applications. KGS's lawsuit is pending in the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York, on behalf of shareholders who purchased the
common stock of the Company between August 8, 2007 and January 25, 2008,
inclusive (the "Class Period"). No class has yet been certified in this action.

UNLESS A CLASS IS CERTIFIED, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL
UNLESS YOU RETAIN AN ATTORNEY.

If you would like to discuss your legal rights, you may e-mail or call KGS
Managing Partner Lewis Kahn, without obligation or cost to you, toll free
1-866-467-1400, ext. 100, via cell phone after hours at 504-301-7900, or by
email at lewis.kahn@kgscounsel.com.

SunOpta and certain of the Company's officers and directors are charged with
making a series of materially false and misleading statements related to the
Company's business and operations in violation of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the "Exchange Act").

If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff in this class action lawsuit, you must
move the Court no later than March 28, 2008. Any member of the putative class
may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice,
or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. If you would like
to discuss your legal rights, you may e-mail or call KGS Managing Partner Lewis
Kahn, without obligation or cost to you, toll free 1-866-467-1400, ext. 100,
after hours via cell phone 504-301-7900, or by email at
lewis.kahn@kgscounsel.com. To learn more about KGS, you may visit
www.kgscounsel.com. KGS is a law firm focused on securities class action
litigation with offices in New Orleans and New York City.

KGS' lawyers have significant experience litigating complex securities fraud
class actions. Among other cases, KGS has been appointed Lead or Co-Lead Counsel
in the following securities cases: In re: U.S. Auto Parts Networks, Inc.
Securities Litigation, C.D. Cal.; In re Optionable, Inc. Securities Litigation,
S.D.N.Y.; In re Xethanol Corporation Securities Litigation, S.D.N.Y.; Pixelplus
Co. Ltd., S.D.N.Y.; In re Witness Systems Inc. Securities Litigation, N.D. Ga.;
Whitney Information Network, M.D. Fla.; Bodisen Biotech, Inc., S.D.N.Y.; Pegasus
Wireless Corp., S.D. Fla.; In re Xinhua Finance Media, Ltd. Securities
Litigation, S.D.N.Y.; Terayon Comm. Systems Inc., N.D. Cal.; Gaming Partners, D.
Nev.; and In re BigBand Networks, Inc. Securities Litigation, N.D. Cal.

SPECIAL NOTICE: While federal law does not prohibit other lawyers from
"announcing" the filing of this class action through the issuance of other press
releases, KGS is the law firm that researched, investigated, drafted and filed
the securities fraud case against SunOpta. If you are a SunOpta shareholder who
decides to contact one of these lawyers, KGS reminds you to interview any such
lawyer to assure that he or she understands the facts surrounding the
substantive claims alleged in the complaint KGS has filed with the Court.
Factors bearing on a law firm's ability to successfully prosecute this action
and obtain a recovery for you include its lawyers' knowledge of applicable
federal securities laws, the resources it will dedicate to prosecution of the
case (including the number of lawyers the firm has available to prosecute this
action) and the quality of the firm's work.

More information on this and other class actions can be found on the Class
Action Newsline at www.primenewswire.com/ca/

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CONTACT: Kahn Gauthier Swick, LLC
Lewis Kahn
1-866-467-1400, ext. 100
Lewis.kahn@kgscounsel.com