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The LACTALIS saga
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October 19 : André Besnier starts business at 52, rue d'Avesnières in Laval
1 employee, 35 litres of milk collected and 17 camembert cheeses made on the first day |
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Turnover : 12 million former French francs (120,000 F), 25 employees
André Besnier’s private company becomes a ‘SARL’ (limited liability company) and is renamed ‘Société Laitière de Laval A. Besnier et Cie’ |
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Turnover : 2.665 billion French francs. Quantity of milk collected annually :
1.2 billion litres
Purchase of the Société Atlalait which extends the collection zone to the French regions of Vendée and Loire Atlantique
27 production sites. Group production of drinking milk exceeds 100 million litres. Turnover outside of France : 350 million French francs (i.e. 11% of the total turnover) |
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Start-up of the Turlock factory (California - USA) and of the new cheese-making factory in Saint-Maclou (Calvados) |
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Buyout of the assets of Solaisud, in Toulouse, Montauban and Auch, giving the company 100% ownership of the Lactel brand |
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Turnover: 18 billion French francs.
Quantity of milk collected annually : 4 billion litres
Annual production of Camembert : 313 million units.10,000 employees.
Acquisition of the Valmont group, 5 factories and the brands ‘Valmont’,
‘Chèvretines’, ‘Rondelé’ , and ‘B'A’.
Purchase of the ‘Girod’ company, leading producer of Reblochon cheese
Launch of ‘Président’ Emmenthal, which will become market leader in 6 years |
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Takeover from Nestlé of the ‘Société des Caves’ and its US subsidiary ‘Sorrento: 8 factories in France, 3 in the US; turnover 3.5 billion FF, 2000 employees, brands ‘Société’, ‘Louis Rigal’, ‘Maria Grimal’, ‘Salakis’, ‘Pyrénéfrom’, ‘Corsica’, ‘Sorrento’ and ‘Precious’.
Apurchase of the ‘Philipona’ company, present in the Comté cheese market.
Lactel launches the ‘Éveil’ brand |
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Annually the group collects 5.3 billion litres of milk, of which 1 billion is collected outside of France.
The group produces 25 different A0C cheeses in France
Annual production of Emmenthal exceeds the 50,000-tonne mark.
Takeover of the activity of the Nikolaïev Cooperative in Ukraine.
Takeover of the ‘Polser’ company in Siematicze, Poland |
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Group cheese production attains 400,000 tonnes
Turnover: 30 billion French francs. Export turnover: 10 billion FF. 14,000 employees |
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Purchase of the Italian company Cademartori, an subsidiary of the Bel Group, and a specialist in traditional cheese in Italy with a famous brand.
The group takes control of Al Nour, a company that built a processed cheese factory in Egypt.
Takeover of UFIC, owner of the Pride brand and producer of processed cheese in Saudi Arabia.
Acquisition of Bacha, a company based in Winnica, Poland, a deal that consolidates the group's position in the twarog market.
Takeover of the Egyptian company ACFFI, a producer of processed cheese.
Proposed joint venture with Nestle* to create the second largest chilled products company in Europe, of which Lactalis will hold a 60% share. The new company will market the B'A, Bridelice, La Laitière, Sveltesse, Yoco, Munch Bunch, Ski and Fruttolo brands. |
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Takeover of Galbani, cheese market leader in Italy and number one for Italian-style cheeses in Europe. This turns Lactalis into the world's second-largest cheese company.
The Lactalis group has signed an agreement with the family group Célia*, which is based in Craon (Mayenne). Under the terms of this agreement, it will take control of Célia, with the exception of its agricultural supply business.
The Célia group and its nutritional subsidiaries employ a staff of 740. It has developed brands such as Chaussé aux Moines (cheese), Le Marin (butter), Picot (baby formula).
The Lactalis and Nestlé groups have decided to create a common fresh dairy product subsidiary in Europe, called Lactalis Nestlé Produits Frais (LNPF), which will cover nine European countries: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland.
Lactalis will hold a 60% stake and Nestlé will hold a 40% stake.
Its complete range of fresh products will represent a total tonnage of 620,000 T for revenues of approximately €1.5bn through the following brands: Nestlé, La Laitière, Yoco, B'A, Bridélice and Sveltesse in France and Belgium; Ekabé in Luxembourg; Ski and Munch Bunch in the UK, Longa Vida and Yoggi in Portugal; La Lechera in Spain; Fruttolo and Mio in Italy and Hirz in Switzerland.
It is the second leading group in Europe and will employ a staff of more than 3,000 individuals.
*subject to the approval of the competition authorities. |
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Buyout of Dukat, leader on the dairy market. |
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