Savencia Fromage & Dairy

Carrefour launches plant-based venture with major food companies

A group of food manufacturers including Unilever and Danone are teaming up with Carrefour to try to drive sales of…

The dairy companies also present in dairy alternatives

In the same way that large meat companies are increasingly offering meat alternatives, the world's leading dairy businesses, or food…

Savencia strengthens hold in Argentina with Williner buy

French dairy group Savencia Fromage & Dairy has acquired Argentina’s Sucesores de Alfredo Williner, the owner of the Ilolay yogurt…

French competition watchdog raids dairy firms in milk supply probe

The French competition watchdog has carried out raids on a number of the country’s largest dairy firms as part of…

China’s appetite for cheese shows little sign of slowing

China is eating more cheese than ever.  The country’s cheese market size reached just over US$1bn in 2021 and is…

Savencia Fromage & Dairy reveals CEO succession plan

Savencia Fromage & Dairy will have a new CEO come September when the current chief of the French cheese firm…

French dairy group Savencia buys US plant-based dips firm Hope Foods

Savencia Fromage & Dairy, the France-based cheese major, has acquired Hope Foods, a US supplier of plant-based dips and spreads.…

French cheese group Savencia ‘to shut Hungary plant’

France's Savencia Fromage & Dairy has reportedly decided to close one of its factories in Hungary, a move said to…

Union expresses anger at Savencia plant closure plan

France's Savencia Fromage & Dairy is planning to close a domestic facility in 2022 with 83 permanent staff and 20 temporary…

Pizza to children’s snacks – the fuel for cheese sales in China

just-food's China columnist Peter Peverelli looks at the expanding market for cheese in China and sets out areas for manufacturers…