From family-owned company to dairy industry’s global leader
Created in 1933 by André Besnier in Laval, Lactalis Group is a family-owned company settled in rural areas, which became dairy industry’s global leader and a major player of employment.
True to its first trade, cheesemonger, Lactalis Group, the first AOP cheese producer, contributes to the development of a rural economy open to the word. With a presence in around a hundred countries, Lactalis Group counts 80 000 collaborators and 250 production sites today.
A unique dairy expertise
Across all dairy product categories (milk consumption, ultra-fresh milk, cheese, butter, cream and dairy ingredients), we develop in the long run a portfolio of a hundred brands, made up of major emblematic brands as well as local or regional brands. In keeping with local food cultures and consumption modes, our ambition is to offer healthy, gourmet and accessible products to the greatest number of people.
Learn more about Lactalis on www.lactalis.fr
Founded in 1952, DELTA FOODS S.A. (DELTA) is a subsidiary of Vivartia, the largest Food Company in Southeast Europe and is the leading dairy company in Greece.
Some of the most recognizable brands are DELTA Fresh Milk, Small Family Farms, μμμmillk, Daily, Vlahas and Easy (milk brands), Milko (chocolate milk), Complet, Small Family Farms and Vitaline (yogurt brands), Delta cheese (including the awarded PDO feta, PDO kasseri and more), Life (juices and iced tea brand), Advance and Smart (baby and children series). All the above products are produced in its 6 plants in Greece.
DELTA invests in Greece, supporting the Greek economy and primary production. It ranks as the largest buyer of Greek milk production in Greece, absorbing more than 25% of the total quantity of cow milk produced in Greece. The company implements initiatives contributing to the sustainable development of the Greek dairy sector. Investments related to the quality of its products, innovation and technology have always been the cornerstones of DELTA’s development, enabling the company to lead the market over the years, create new innovative product categories and further develop nutrition standards. Quality Assurance and product development based on DNA technology, in a fully equipped Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, further enforce Delta’s commitment to safety.
During the recent years of the tough economic environment in Greece, Delta supports the society and people in need, in collaboration with leading organizations and foundations, giving priority to children.
DELTA’s international vision is to represent Greek nutrition globally through original and innovative products of the highest quality. The export activity of DεLTα is experiencing dynamic growth, confirming the effective corporate strategy for development abroad. DELTA’s export activity with several of its products is currently spread to several countries in Europe, U.S.A., Africa and Asia.
G. Kallimanis S.A. was established in 1956 by the sea, in Egio, Greece. Our passion for delicious seafood flavours coupled with our innovation and devotion to quality led us exactly where we are today, a company that boasts over half a century of experience and know-how in the field of frozen fish and seafood and holds the leading position in the Greek market with a total market share of 25% and a turnover of 42 million euro.
At Kallimanis, we offer a wide and continuously renewed range of branded innovative products, addressing to both consumers and professionals. We only choose the freshest fish and after thorough inspections under the Kallimanis Quality Guarantee we instantly process them and immediately freeze and pack them.
For international markets, our focus is behind Greek fish both from wild catch and top quality Greek aquaculture farms. Greek fish (anchovy, sardine, seabream, seabass) are globally recognized for their highest quality, superior taste and high nutritional value (rich in Ω3 fatty acids) thanks to Greek land and sea bio-diversity. Greece is proven is to have the cleanest seas of the Mediterranean with superior physico-chemical characteristics. Additionally, Greece is the largest producer of seabream & seabass in the world with the longest and most solid know- how.