For the financial year 2020, the dairy company Lactalis realized a turnover of over 20 billion euros, making it the French dairy company with the largest sales revenue before Danone (15.2 billion euros). Lactalis owns the brand Président and is one of the leading dairy processing group worldwide.
France is one of the main consumer countries of dairy products in Western Europe. Indeed, French households’ total consumption of fresh perishable dairy products for instance amounted to about 1.7 million tons in 2020.
Regarding sales of organic dairy, a majority of the sales value of organic dairy products is realized in retail stores, followed - at a distance - by specialized organic stores.
Ranking of leading dairy companies in France in 2020, based on turnover
(in billion euros)
The source adds the following information: "Note: Turnover data is dairy sales only, based on 2020 financials and M&A transactions completed between 1 January and 30 June 2021. Pending deals are not included.
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Rabobank. (August 26, 2021). Ranking of leading dairy companies in France in 2020, based on turnover (in billion euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 17, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/718994/dairy-companies-turnover-france/
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Rabobank. (2021). Ranking of leading dairy companies in France in 2020, based on turnover (in billion euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/718994/dairy-companies-turnover-france/
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