FRANCE: Yoplait appoints new MD
By Stuart Todd | 13 September 2002
French fresh dairy products producer Yoplait has appointed Lucien Fa as its new managing director. Fa, who had been with Danone in 1981, has spent the past six years as head of the food giant's HP Foods and Lea and Perrins brands. He will replace Didier Lefèvre who has been at Yoplait's helm since 2000 .
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French fresh dairy products producer Yoplait has appointed Lucien Fa as its new managing director. Fa, who had been with Danone in 1981, has spent the past six years as head of the food giant's HP Foods and Lea and Perrins brands. He will replace Didier Lefèvre who has been at Yoplait's helm since 2000 .
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