Sodiaal Groupe (Coopérative): The latest figures, news and market research on Sodiaal Groupe (Coopérative)

Turnover: 5.5 billion EUR (2023)

Country: France

As France's leading dairy cooperative, Sodiaal specializes in this sector, collecting, processing and marketing milk and other dairy products. Sodiaal collected 4.4 billion liters of milk in 2021, representing around 20% of the national total.

Its main brands are Viva, Candia, Yoplait and Entremont for milk, Entremont and Saint Flour for cheese, Yoplait for ultra-fresh products and Nactalia (infant milk) for specialized nutrition

77 industrial sites in France

News

Sodiaal launches a campaign to support its Candia, Yoplait and Entremont brands 09/09/2023

Coopérative Sodiaal brings together three major brands: Candia, Yoplait and Entremont. The cooperative brings together 16,000 farmers in 72 départements. The three brands are present in 9 out of 10 households.

Yoplait revives thanks to Sodiaal 04/04/2023

Acquisition of Yoplait's European activities by Sodiaal in November 2021.
The Yoplait brand was previously owned by General Mills Yoplait generates sales of 650 million euros in Europe, 80% of which in France.
Yoplait's 26 franchisees generate total sales of around 1 billion euros.
Brand sales up 9.4% by 2022.
Tripling of the market share of Yoplait's Icelandic yogurts (skyr), from 10% to 33%.
Yoplait sales in France total 510 million euros.

Entremont expands its range of cubed PDO cheeses 22/03/2023

Entremont sales: 900 million euros
- Private label share of sales: 47%
- Entremont price increase: 25% in one year
- New Entremont products in 2027: 25% of sales
- Cheese market down 2.8
- The company is owned by dairy giant Sodiaal
The Sodiaal cooperative has 21 appellations in its cellars, from Roquefort and Saint-Nectaire to Brie de Meaux and Munster

Inflation: milk giant Sodiaal pleads the case for private labels 07/03/2023

Sodiaal, France's leading dairy cooperative (sales of 5.5 billion euros in 2022), is known for its Yoplait, Candia and Entremont brands
It also manufactures the private labels of its customers, the major retailers (50% of its production)

Sodiaal is asking for price increases of 15-20%. 25/05/2022

Sodiaal is asking for price increases for distributors of 15-20% above the inflation in production costs, which have soared since the start of the war in Ukraine.
The industry is already facing a decline in the number of farms (-2.7% in recent months)
This price increase would be necessary to guarantee the remuneration of breeders at 400 euros/1,000 liters
The industry has been hit by a 10% rise in raw materials prices in 2021.
Risk of milk shortage

In recent years, Sodiaal has adopted a very aggressive external growth strategy, with the purchase and merger of several cheese dairies and other agricultural cooperatives.

Financial Data

DUNS: 351572888

Legal Name: SODIAAL UNION

Address: 200 RUE RAYMOND LOSSERAND 200-216, 75014 PARIS 14

Number of employees: Entre 1 000 et 1 999 salariés (2020)

Capital: 1 000 000 EUR

Financial Data:

Year	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
Turnover	2 515 830 272	2 553 395 365	2 672 381 327	2 613 466 302	2 604 639 192	2 364 414 020	2 509 896 120	2 858 519 174
Gross margin (€)	191 442 744	188 288 843	189 566 956	191 026 028	173 973 776	199 413 285	186 190 791	185 945 647
EBITDA (€)	22 868 554	22 769 911	20 601 146	17 352 113	6 741 292	23 094 549	17 301 416	14 657 966
Operating profit (€)	21 249 715	20 919 887	18 811 445	14 705 408	3 934 060	19 822 025	14 231 097	11 242 807
Net profit (€)	26 912 778	26 423 784	28 729 453	75 943 119	31 775 831	28 646 552	22 902 123	22 400 777
Turnover growth rate (%)	-1,5	-4,5	2,3	0,3	10,2	-5,8	-12,2	18,1
Ebitda margin rate (%)	0,9	0,9	0,8	0,7	0,3	1	0,7	0,5
Operating margin rate (%)	0,8	0,8	0,7	0,6	0,2	0,8	0,6	0,4
Working Capital (turnover days)	42,1	37,5	27,2	24,9	13,3	13,2	9	14,3
Working Capital requirements (turnover days)	17,4	15,5	17,7	21,5	18,5	15,6	17,5	18,1
Net margin (%)	1,1	1	1,1	2,9	1,2	1,2	0,9	0,8
Added value / Turnover (%)	3,4	3,3	2,9	3	2,7	3,9	3,3	2,9
Wages and social charges (€)	58 176 081	57 251 288	55 396 272	59 082 430	59 452 571	63 851 360	60 754 803	64 177 567
Salaries / Turnover (%)	2,3	2,2	2,1	2,3	2,3	2,7	2,4	2,2

Company Managers:

Position	First Name	Last Name	Age
Président du conseil d'administration	Damien	Lacombe	63
Administrateur	Jean-Pierre	FAUCON	54
Administrateur	Jean-Michel	JAVELLE	58
Administrateur	Damien	LACOMBE	63
Administrateur	Michel	RECHENMANN	64
Administrateur	Luc	VERHAEGHE	58
Administrateur	Olivier	GAFFET-WALLET	55
Administrateur	Jérôme	Aubert	48
Administrateur	Sébastien	Courtois	43
Administrateur	Patrice	Binet	49
Administrateur	Patrick	Trifault	50
Administrateur	Damien	Garnier	50
Administrateur	Dominique	Guerrier	61
Administrateur	Laurent	Hassoux	58
Administrateur	Yvan	Ogier	53
Administrateur	Jean-Michel	Le Meur	58
Administrateur	Olivier	Beaufils	51
Administrateur	Frédéric	Collet	50
Administrateur	Freddy	Carric	41
Administrateur	Thomas	Guiraud	37
Administrateur	Jacques	Chalier	61
Administrateur	Blandine	Baland	45
Administrateur	Anne-Sophie	Delassus	34
Administrateur	Johann	Vevert	42
Administrateur	Pierre-Marie	Droumaguet	44
Administrateur	Anthony Jean Paul	Marre	36
Administrateur	Frédéric	Rannou	43