Turnover: 199 million EUR (2018)

Country: France

The Advens group's activity is the export to Africa of food raw materials (sugar, flour, oilseeds, wheat, rice).

The company was founded in 1988 by Abbas Jaber and initially operated in food trading. Jaber's Negoce was renamed Advens Group in 2003.

In 2005 the company acquired the company SONACOS, one of the largest Senegalese industries; specializing in the crushing and refining of peanuts and table oil. However, this privatization of Sonacos did not prove conclusive and the company was taken over by the State in 2017.

The ADVENS Group is structured in 5 independent sectors:

  • Agroindustry
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Logistics
  • Trading

Studies mentioning this company

The peanut market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Advens Groupe
  • Shandong Luhua Group
  • Sonacos (ancienement Suneor)
  • J.M. Smucker Co
  • Grands Moulins de Strasbourg Dakatine
  • Skippy (Hormel Food)
  • KREEKS FRANCE ARACHIDES
  • SODECO HUILE
  • HUILERIE GID
  • COMPAGNIE AGRO-INDUSTRIELLE DU SÉNÉGAL (C.A.I.S.)
  • My Protein (The Hut Group)